Between the fires 30 minutes up the road, that have burned over 10,000 acres and are only 5% contained, and PG&E turning off everyone’s power, I am starting to get a real cranky. The main goal for today is to be sure I have a way to make coffee. Without that I will not be able to function at all. I tried going without coffee once and I ended up having hubby call the doctor because I was certain I was dying. No joke! I thought I was poisoned by kale or something. Even though we discovered it was caffeine withdrawals, I still wont touch Kale.

New Orleans Mourning: A Gripping Police Procedural Thriller (The Skip Langdon Series Book 1)
by Julie Smith
3.9 Stars (788 Reviews)
Genre: Travel | Women’s Fiction | Mystery

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MURDER, MARDI GRAS–AND MORE SECRETS THAN BEADS…
It’s Mardi Gras in New Orleans, and civic leader and socialite Chauncey St. Amant has been crowned Rex, King of Carnival. But his day of glory comes to an abrupt and bloody end when a parade-goer dressed as Dolly Parton guns him down. Is the killer his aimless, promiscuous daughter Marcelle? Homosexual, mistreated son Henry? Helpless, alcoholic wife Bitty? Or some unknown player? Turns out the king had enemies…
Enter resourceful heroine Skip Langdon, a rookie police officer and former debutante turned cynic of the Uptown crowd. Scouring the streets for clues, interviewing revelers and street people with names like Jo Jo, Hinky, and Cookie, and using her white glove contacts, the post-deb rebel cop encounters a tangled web of brooding clues and ancient secrets that could mean danger for her — and doom for the St. Amants.

Langdon, with her weight worries, insecurities, and yet overall toughness has long been a favorite of those who like their female sleuths bold, smart, and refreshingly human.

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Coco Pinchard’s Big Fat Tipsy Wedding (Coco Pinchard Series Book 2)
by Robert Bryndza
4.1 Stars (435 Reviews)
Genre: Literature & Fiction | Humor & Satire | Romance

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‘I love the fact that Robert Bryndza can turn his hand to both crime thrillers and comedy! If you haven’t discovered Coco Pinchard yet, then this is the perfect introduction!’ Joanne Robertson, My Chestnut Reading Tree

After a tumultuous divorce, Coco Pinchard has found love with the gorgeous, hunky, four-years-younger-than-her-so-technically-a-toy-boy, Adam. Her career as an author is finally a success, and she has fabulous friends in Christopher, a neurotic middle-aged socialite, and Marika, a slightly alcoholic dog walker.

Coco is even learning to cope with her awful ex mother-in-law, Ethel, who despite the divorce, still thinks it’s fine to criticise, especially when Coco and Adam decide to take the next step, and move in together…

But hours before move-in day, Adam ends their relationship without explanation and disappears. After the initial shock and anger (and an ‘I told you so’ from Ethel) Coco sets out to discover what has really happened, and uncovers a shocking secret Adam has been hiding from her…

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The Jefferson Legacy (Harvey Bennett Thrillers Book 4)
by Nick Thacker
4.1 Stars (208 Reviews)
Genre: Literature & Fiction | Men’s Adventure | Action & Adventure | Thrillers

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Meriwether Lewis was murdered because he knew a secret.
… A deadly secret.

From the author that brought you the best-selling Harvey Bennett Thrillers series, The Jefferson Legacy is the newest installment in the series, and the first featuring the fully formed “Civilian Special Operations” team.

Harvey Bennett is back.

Ben and his new team are hard at work putting the finishing touches on their “Civilian Special Operations” headquarters, when they get a call: there’s been a murder, and a theft of a seemingly insignificant artifact.

The team heads to Philadelphia to meet up with the modern-day American Philosophical Society, to talk about the robbery and see if they can offer help.
… soon, bullets begin to fly. Apparently the APS has been keeping secrets that point all the way back to the nation’s Founding Fathers.

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The Duke’s Desire (A Westbrook Regency Romance Book 1)
by Elizabeth Elliot
4.1 Stars (137 Reviews)
Genre: Romance

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“A Delightful Romantic Romp… ”

Before the last of the family fortune dwindles, Eleanor Pinecrest is determined to find a match for her passive but charming younger sister, Felicity.

Storm Westbrook, The Duke of Wakefield, has resolved to sacrifice his quest for love to secure a suitable wife for the sake of his family.

When Storm and Eleanor collide, it seems all their problems are solved. The duke is single-minded in his pursuit of the lovely Felicity Pinecrest but Eleanor disapproves of the antics he uses to gain her sister’s affection. To complicate matters further, Eleanor’s is dismayed at her own budding attraction to the stubborn duke and Storm starts to wonder what Eleanor is hiding. They both realize that perhaps their problems might just be beginning…

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Drake’s Rift (Taurian Empire Book 4)
by Nate Johnson
4.2 Stars (128 Reviews)
Genre: Science Fiction | Science Fiction & Fantasy | Action & Adventure

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**Humanity’s Existence Hangs In the Balance**

Aliens have invaded the planet Intrepid. The vicious rat-faced bastards will stop at nothing until all humanity is either dead or enslaved. The only thing that can save the people of Intrepid are the Imperial Marines. The only thing that can save the galaxy itself, is the Imperial Navy. Never before in human history has so much depended upon so few.

Admiral McKenzie is very aware that the continuation of the human race rests on his shoulders. Through grit, determination, skill, and deception he will use whatever or whoever he must to win. His fleet of starships and their crews are the best ever. But will they be enough to defeat this new threat?

Sergeant Dex Carter finds himself and a few fellow Marines behind enemy lines. He is tasked with holding the small village of Drake’s Rift, the key crossroads that might very well determine the outcome of the war.

Alicia Miller wanted adventure, but having aliens invade her home was not on her list. She and the people of Drake’s Rift neve expected to become the center of an inter-galactic war. While providence may have thrust her into this role. Toughness and determination will see her through it.

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