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What Do You Want to Read?

While summer reading programs are almost over, you still can get good book to read. You also can read them on the cool nights of the fall or for the remaining days of the summer. Usually, I post this list earlier in the summer, but I have been trying to finish The 1776 Retreat, working for my editing clients and doing other things that this blog has taken longer than I wanted.

I will start with mine.



 

Notorious Nick and the Devastating Hurricane is the second in the Notorious Nick series. Nine-year-old wizard Nick Brugger is once again facing the Superintendent. This time, the evil school official has created a spell where nightmares are coming to life and dumping all citizens into fear and panic. With the help of his siblings and parents, he has to save the boy about to die and the city. This book was released in June.

Notorious Nick and the Terrifying Tornado is the first in the Notorious Nick series. It was released in 2017. Nick finds out he has hyperactive magical malady and number of other behavior issues. Adults are disappearing. School children have turned into zombies. Only Nick is immune. Can he find the parents and save the city? 


The 1776 Series of Books

The 1776 Scroll of Secrets is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. It is about a witch who is kidnapped over a magic scroll. She is the only one to unlock the magic in the scroll. She is looking for her true love along the way. This book's scroll was signed in 1776 and is connected to The 1776 Retreat, which will be released in a few weeks. In addition, if purchased through me, you can get it for $10. 

The 1776 Bed and Breakfast came out in 2010 and is about a bed and breakfast owner who has a theft, two fires and sabotage. She thinks the man she meets is doing the things. He isn't but he does have a secret. Every book following this one uses the inn as part of the settings. This is my favorite book and my most popular. 

The 1776 Musket came out in 2017 and is about a bombing at a university library. The musket is made into a bomb. A history professor and computer science major investigate and have to figure out who the bomber is. 

The 1776 Soldier is the most recent. It came out in 2023. A murder takes place in 2023 that is connected to a murder that happens in 1776. The chef of the 1776 Inn and the Army soldier are forced into finding out who did the murders.  

Coming Soon: The 1776 Retreat is about a writer's retreat that is part of the 250th anniversary celebration. The funds for the celebration are stolen. The housekeeper of the 1776 Inn and a reporter for sports media try to figure out who stole the money in time to prevent cancellation of the events. In addition, another crime related to the celebration happened.


 

Common Sense by James E Razzino is a thought-provoking book to cut through the noise about issues affecting the United States. The government is chipping away at our rights. As authors and business owners, we should protect our freedoms and rights to say whatever we want. The book also will help you decide who to elect for Congress, president, governor, state legislatures and councils. Go to https://www.amazon.com/author/jameserazzino to get your copy. 

 

 Are you having back pain? You should read this book before you agree to have surgery on your back. Michael Ahearn went through four back surgeries, and now his back doesn't align correctly. He has had issues stemming from the surgeries. However, The Back Bible is more than one man's account of bad surgeries. It quotes chiropractors, experts in new surgery techniques and others. The book also provides alternatives to surgery to dealing with pain. It is available on Amazon in print and electronic versions.

 

Summer is a time when people overdo it on celebrating or vacationing. They can drink too much on a boat or have too much time on their hands and have to fill that void with drugs or alcohol. Hanging by Faith by Dee Sanders and Louise Harris delves into the effects of addiction on family and friends of the addicted person. Dee uses her background as a bailbondswoman and bounty hunter to give a unique perspective on the problems of addiction. She also had to deal with her son almost dying due to an overdose. Louise comes to the issue from her son who was addicted to drugs and got into police trouble since he was 14. The book is on Amazon. Go to https://www.amazon.com/author/louiseharris to buy your copy. 

 


Shadowed Desire

 In the shadowy corridors of power and deceit, one man stands as an indomitable force—the notorious Alexei Romanov, a.k.a. Viper, the eldest brother of the formidable Romanov family. As the unrelenting head of a powerful mafia dynasty, he is feared and revered in equal measure, a man whose ruthlessness knows no bounds and has many enemies. The concept of love has always been an unattainable luxury in his perilous world until he crosses paths with Natalia—a smart and independent beauty from a rival mafia family. Natalia harbors an unspoken obsession with Alexei that has spanned years and could increase the tension between the two families. Natalia has the skills to melt Viper's icy exterior. The forbidden allure between them is undeniable, sparking a flame that defies the longstanding enmity between their two families. Viper denies his feelings for Natalia and pushes her away, but her image remains even when she isn't near him. Follow Viper and Natalia as they navigate the perilous waters of a forbidden romance. Will they succumb to the intoxicating allure of their hearts, or will the shadows of their world cast an inescapable darkness over their future?

  

 Mother Nature Hates to Lose

 Drug cartels and corrupt politicians are conspiring to create a disaster that starts where three rivers converge in south Louisiana, but devastates the entire country and reverberates around the world. Can Beau and Rachelle Bonnet and Rene "Buster" Champagne stop them and an out-of-control river? If not, the economic and environmental disaster will make Hurricane Katrina and the Deepwater Horizon BP Oil Spill look like mere inconveniences. Thousands of innocent people will die and billions of dollars of property will be destroyed. Men and women may be conspiring, but Mother Nature has been biding her time waiting. Mankind thinks it's winning, but ultimately finds out that Mother Nature Hates to Lose.




 The Dressing Table cookbooks

 The Dressing Table Travels the World is the most recent, coming out in January. It features recipes from all seven continents and celebrates food and cultures from around the world. This is the best in the series and can convince you to try something new.

Beyond the Dressing Table focuses on success in professional and personal lives. The recipes are more advanced than in The Dressing Table but are still recipes that anyone could do. 

The original cookbook was The Dressing Table, which discusses how overcoming obstacles is important. You don't want your disabilities to hold you back. You can achieve your dreams. The recipes are simple and geared for the homeowner instead of professional chefs. In this cookbook, she introduces how food is her love language.  

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