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  THE KILLER ENIGMA Magnolia Bluff Crime Chronicles Book 16 by BREAKFIELD & BURKEY NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER ! Cozy Mystery / Suspense / Cozy Mystery Series Publisher: ICABOD Press Coming August 19, 2023 Enough is Enough – JJ rumbled when the paparazzi invaded dinner. JJ and Jo realize privacy doesn’t exist for them. They return to Magnolia Bluff to check on their friends and recapture the small-town anonymity. In Magnolia Bluff, no one suspects their fame. They discount the status of urban legends in favor of acceptance and a quiet, peaceful life. After all, a supermodel needs time and space to recharge between jobs. A geek wants time to adore his wife. Does Magnolia Bluff hold the answers to their prayers? Will their desires get clouded by a hidden secret? Past, present, and future collide in a perfect storm no one expected. JJ and Jo take action to uncover the truth. Chief Tommy Jager likes them but feels they’re a lightning rod for trouble and disruption. Who will live ...

BAYOU CITY BURNING Harry & Dizzy Lark, Book 1 by D.B. BORTON Mystery / Detective / Humor / Historical Publisher: Boomerang Books Date of Publication: May 30, 2019 Number of Pages: 390      Houston, 1961: comedy meets mystery and history. It's hard to be hard-boiled when your biggest fan and worst critic is your twelve-year-old daughter, especially when she's cracking your case for you and defending you from the bad guys, along with sidekicks human and feline. Houston is still a cowboy backwater, but Texas politicians dream big. P.I. Harry Lark is out to save the city for President Kennedy's moon mission. Dizzy Lark is out to save Harry. Jani Brooks of Romance Reviews Today calls Bayou City Burning “a terrific mystery loaded with humor, lots of excitement, and fascinating, well written characters” and rates it “a Perfect 10 book.” CLICK TO PURCHASE = = = =  ...

YAZZY'S AMAZING YARN by CATHEY GRAHAM NICKELL Illustrated by Emily Calimlim    Genre: Children's Picture Book, Ages 4-8  Publisher: Twenty-Eight Creative Date of Publication: August 1, 2019 Number of Pages: 32 Scroll down for giveaway! Yazzy is a creative girl, always sketching out her next adventure. She loves yarn, and she loves to knit! Her neighborhood park is dull and rusty, but Yazzy has a grand plan.  With a little help from her friends, Yazzy’s knitted wonders transform Penny Park into a fuzzy rainbow of warmth and color. What yarn-tastic idea will Yazzy think of next?  The book includes a “History of Yarn Bombing” page for readers who are not familiar with this creative and whimsical type of art. “As a teacher, it's refreshing to find a book that exposes children to an alternative art form. I'm inspired by Yazzy's story, and I know my students will be, too.” -- Deborah H...

Free book alert!!! To celebrate the newly released Painted Skies ( Beyond Earth: Book Two ) by Talia Jager, the first book in this series is available for free download! Read all about Without Hesitation , download your free copy, and enter the amazing giveaway below!   Without Hesitation (Beyond Earth Book #1) Publication Date: June 16 th , 2017 Genre: LGBT/ Sci-Fi/ Adventure Synopsis: Without Hesitation is set a thousand years in the future. Earth has become a wasteland. Humans traveled into space to colonize other suitable planets. Labels and stereotypes are a thing of the past and gender and sexual identity are as fluid as love as humans strive to survive. Here we meet Everleigh, the commander of her ship named Nirvana. She is under the control of an evil madman, Caspar, who keeps her family captive. He sends her to Valinor to abduct the Empress Akacia. When she arrives, she is taken back by Akacia’s beauty and when the Empress fights back, Everleigh realizes she ...