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🌷 Your August appointment with quirky characters
Welcome
Celebrate life with a story close to your heart.
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Natasha would be horrified to learn that my temple had been grazed, earlier that day, by a bullet
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This, here, was no man’s land.
I spotted haystacks at the edge of a distant field and pictured myself lying there in the hay with my sweetheart, weaving flowers in her wavy, red hair. I watched the sky darkening and imagined her in my arms. If this were a time of peace, we would gaze together at the stars, rising ever so slowly over both of us.
Above me, birds were chirping as they flew over mud, blood and the stench of dead bodies. I was puzzled at the craziness in this place, where beauty coexisted, strangely enough, with horrific ugliness.
For a moment, I recalled the stories my dad had told me about trench warfare, dating back to his service in the First World War. Unprotected from rain, snow, and cold, many of the trenches had been continually flooded, exposing the troops to frostbites. With swollen feet, he had waded through water, surrounded by a multitude of frogs and faced with the nightmarish sight of red slugs and beetles with weird horns, all wriggling along the ledges. And then, the rats... Large and utterly fearless, they had invaded the foxholes. Feeding upon the dead had made them contemptuous of the living.
I stretched out as best I could at the bottom of my trench and relaxed into feeling lucky. Of course, Natasha would be horrified to learn that my temple had been grazed, earlier that day, by a bullet—but unlike what my father had gone through, my discomfort was not amplified by the ravages of winter.
The mound just ahead of me was in bloom. It was springtime. For that, and for the rustle of her letter in my breast pocket, which brought her closer to me, I felt grateful.
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My gift to you
While redeem codes last!
Overdose
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From USA Today Bestselling Author, Uvi Poznansky, comes a gripping medical thriller:
After recovering from coma, Ash discovers that the man who performed her brain surgery has a questionable medical experience and a dark past, starting with his medical mission in India ten years ago and ending just recently, with his wife’s suicide. Should Ash expose him, at the risk of becoming vulnerable to his revenge?
In an attempt to learn more, Ash goes on a date with him. The waitress drops a pink cellphone into her hand. Then, she is killed. On the cellphone are his wife’s last words. “Perhaps you have the urge to shut me off, or at least to ignore what I’m about to say. But listen you must, because even if you don’t believe it, you’re already much too close to danger… Neil is my undoing. Make sure he isn’t yours.”
★★★★★ “The book is so taut and suspenseful that I couldn’t put it down, and once I was hooked, I grabbed every chance to read that I could to find out what happened next.”
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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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Nobody’s Child
Special audiobook offer: just $1.99 for a limited time
Mystery, Thriller & Suspense by Libby Fischer Hellmann
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Nobody’s Child, the 4th entry in the Georgia Davis private investigator thrillers was nominated for 5 awards* the year it was published. In it Georgia discovers she has a half-sister she didn’t know about and that sister is pregnant and in big trouble. But rescuing her will bring Georgia face to face with an old adversary she thought she’d dealt with years before. It will also plunge Georgia deep into the Chicago underworld of sex-trafficking, the Russian mob, and worse. But there’s happy news, too. Georgia finally falls in love with a man she can trust wholeheartedly.
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Hot Summer Romance
New Release, special offer: Romance Boxset by Tamara Ferguson, Suzanne Jenkins and others
Rolling Waves And Sun-Drenched Days. These nine Hot Summer Romances, From Award-Winning, USA Today International Bestselling Authors, Will Fuel Your Beach Reading Needs…
THE HEAT OF YOUR KISS, HEAT OF THE MOMENT, COLOR ME HOME, LOVE ALONG THE LAKESHORE: SAUGATUCK SUMMER, CHANGING THE RULES, RAND’S RESOLUTION, FINDING LOVE, THE BRIDE WORE LEATHER, SLOW BURN
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The Greeks of Beaubien Street
Your gift:
Mystery, Thriller & Suspense by Suzanne Jenkins
In spite of growing up immersed in the safety of her family and their rich culture, Jill Zannos doesn’t fit in. A Detroit homicide detective, she manages to keep one foot planted firmly in the traditions started by her grandparents, while the other navigates the most devastated neighborhoods in the city she can’t help but love.
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Charlotte
Your gift: Historical Fiction by Sarah Mallery
Sometimes things are not as they seem…
In 1793, all Charlotte desires is to travel the long distance to Paris and visit Him. Despite La Guillotine operating day and night, in spite of her family’s warnings, she has a true mission and will not be deterred. In the end, will everything work out? Will meeting him give her the fulfillment she so craves?
She only knows that when she finally does face him to execute her plan, she will take care to look her most beautiful. For, by doing that, she will assuredly draw him in––and forever change her life. She cannot wait.
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Inspired by Art: The Last Concubine
Special offer: Art book curated by Uvi Poznansky
How did the masters of art imagine King David and his last concubine, Abishag?
This collection brings her to life and conjures the rivalry between his sons, their bitter revolts against him, and the final transition of power to his chosen heir, ensuring his lasting legacy.
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Paul Douglas Lovell
Today I have the pleasure to present a Black Country Lad who now lives in the Black Boy Land or Schwarzbubenland as it is called in Switzerland. For Paul Douglas Lovell, a difficult start has given spice and excitement to what was destined to be a dull life. Or that's how he sees it. Raised by his father, the youngest of five he spent many hours Playing Out. His school years - Empty Corridors - were disruptive. An inconvenience standing in-between his freedom and the big wide world.
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Greek Fishermen's Soup
(The secret ingredient? Lots of heart...)
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Ingredients:
- 1 kilo whole white fish such as red snapper, cod, monkfish, mullet, or any smaller fish if available. Scale and clean, but leave the head on. This adds taste.
- 8 cups of water (preferably sea water if cooking near the sea)
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 2 celery stalks, diced (You can also use ½ cup of chopped celery leaves if they are young)
- 2-3 garlic cloves, crushed
- 3 potatoes, peeled and diced
- 2-3 chopped tomatoes.
- 1 chopped carrot.
- Saffron
- 1 Bay leaf
- Fresh thyme
- Salt and pepper.
- 2 lemons
- 2 tablespoons fresh chopped parsley
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- Place the water and fish into a pot and season lightly with salt. Bring to a boil and simmer for 30 minutes or until fish is cooked
- Transfer the fish to a platter and strain the broth to catch any fish bones. Discard the bones.
- Clean the pot and return the broth.
- Add the onion, celery, tomatoes, carrot, potatoes, garlic to the pot.
- Add the olive oil, saffron, bay leaf and thyme sprigs. Season with salt and pepper.
- Cook over medium heat until potatoes are soft.
- At this point you can add clams, mussels or shrimps, etc. and continue cooking until cooked through.
- Pull the meat from the cooked fish into chunks and add it to the soup at the last minute.
- Taste and adjust the seasoning if needed.
- Garnish with parsley and serve with lemon wedges and crusty bread.
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