Too Much The Lion

 

US Historical Fiction/Civil War

Date Published: 05-13-2025

Publisher: Bariso Press

Open Education

 

How to Reimagine Learning, Ignite Curiosity, and Prepare Kids for Success

Fate of the Storm

 

Demon Storm, Book Eight

Elmer Kelton's The Familiar Stranger

 

A Hewey Calloway Adventure, Book 5

Western Adventure

Date Published: 12-03-2024

Publisher: Forge Books

Crumbach and Mr. Crazy Chicken

 

 

Children's Book

Date Published: April 2, 2025

BEING

 

Guidance in How to BE rather than how to DO

Self-change, Self-empowerment, New Thinking, Communications Skills, Change Management, Conscious Living

Date Published: 5/15/2025

Publisher: Serapis Bey, Arizona, USA

The ABCs of Safe Web Surfing

 

 

Essential Online Safety Tips for Your Child's First Device

To Sing Like a Mockingbird

 

 

 Literary Fiction

Date Published: 01-13-2025

The Midnight of Eights - Book Tour

 

 

In the Island of Angels Series, Book 2

(Can be read as a standalone)

Historical Fiction

Date Published: 10-28-2024

Publisher: The Book Guild

I've Got This - Book Tour

 

 A Love Story

Christian Living / Nonfiction / Inspirational

Date Published: March 18, 2025

Publisher: Lucid Books Publishing

Too Much The Lion

 

US Historical Fiction/Civil War

Date Published: 05-13-2025

Publisher: Bariso Press

The soldiers did the fighting; the generals, the Infighting

The Familiar Stranger

 

A Hewey Calloway Adventure, Book 5

Western Adventure

Date Published: 12-03-2024

Publisher: Forge Books

Syndicate Moon

 

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Jael and his crew are on the run, searching for an ancient machine that could save the galaxy, but the syndicate-controlled moon has other plans...

God and Petroleum

 

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Harbinger

 

In Praetoria, the elite do not have any special talents. Then why is it the only imperial princess is having vision-like nightmares? These dreams foretell the destruction of her world and the death of her family, and every day they gain strength in their horror.

 The return of a particular imperial rook changes the tone of her dreams, providing her with much needed relief. But this too is perplexing, for he is a rook and she an elite. The law strictly forbids a union between the two.

Yet four little female moiohs scheme to bring them together, providing the path to secure their future, a future threatened by traitors who would use the princess as a way to steal her father's throne.

In Search of Recognition

 

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Love Letters to Me, Myself, and Him

 

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Little Curiosities

 

 

Children’s Science Picture Book Series

A Voice In The Mind

 

 The Mind Sleuth Series

Psychological Thriller

Date Published: April 29, 2025

Lessen The Stressin'

 

 

Strategies for Becoming Smarter in Managing Stress

Nonfiction / Self-Help

Date Published: February 12, 2025

Scars of Sand and Soil

 

Historical Fiction

Date Published: July 24th, 2025

Publisher: Acorn Publishing

 

What’s left of a man’s soul when everything he loves is taken from him?

 

It’s 1864, and Gabriel Cooper couldn’t care less about the civil war raging around him. Framed for crimes he didn’t commit, he’s been sentenced to a Confederate chain gang, where swampland justice rules and alligators prey on the unwary...

Only in September

 

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When Jacqueline follows her trusty Labrador Bailey down a hidden path to the beach, she's unaware that her vacation plans on a small island off the New England coast has already taken her life in a new direction. Running into an unassuming local beach comber stirs new thoughts, desires, and a self-determination she never knew she possessed. Jacqueline will need to trust her instincts and make the most of what fate has in store if she wants the future that, until now, she has only dared to dream of.

Tales of the Ocean City

 

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The Last Door, Ajar

 

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It is 1945. The infamous Max Smartz, superspy; Eva Braun, wife of Adolf Hitler; Joseph Goebbels, propaganda minister; and Otto Klugg, intelligence officer, do not die at the end of World War II, but trick the guards in the Fuhrerbunker tunnels, allowing them to make their escape...

Eurovision

 

 

A Plea For Respect: Continental Songs And British Attitudes

POP MUSIC /Ethnomusicoligy 

The Abandoned Theater

 

Book One of the Alderland Series

Middle Grade Fiction

Date to be Published: 05-01-2025

Publisher: Our Street Books

Smoke & Mirrors

 

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Fate of the Storm

 

Demon Storm, Book Eight

Young Adult Fantasy

Date Published: 05-13-2025

Publisher: Shadow Spark Publishing

The shadows have retreated with Raven's downfall, but darkness still curls at the edges of the world. For a moment, though, Kari and Ari have a moment of peace...

Being Broken

 

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Smuggler's Cove

 

Smuggler's Cove by Fern Michaels
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Well…while this book, Smuggler's Cove, ended up being a fun cozy as I had hoped, but I had a tough time trying to figure out what was going on through the first part of the book.

Madison and her brother Lincoln were raised in an elite setting. Money is nothing and they have everything they ever wanted. Don’t even realize there is any other lifestyle. Through it all, they have a mother that obviously loves them and a father who is distant and has no time for them. But his distant attitude is not even the beginning of the problem.

In Harm's Way - Book Tour

 

Book 1 of The Sea Hawkes Chronicles

Historical Fiction/Nautical Fiction

Date Published: April 10, 2025

Publisher: Acorn Publishing

In Harm's Way

 

Book 1 of The Sea Hawkes Chronicles

Historical Fiction/Nautical Fiction

Date Published: April 10, 2025

Publisher: Acorn Publishing

The Victorian Locket - Book Tour

 

A Galveston Historical Mystery

Music Box Mystery

 

 

(The Cook and Inspector Mysteries Book 8)

Cozy Mystery

Date Published: April 8, 2025

A music box, a murder, and a message from the grave...

Characters I Never Want To Meet

 

LASR WEDNESDAY WEEKLY BLOGGING CHALLENGE

 

Are you creative? Need to get your mind working? Want more people to view your blog?

forever

 

 

YA Christian Fantasy

Date Published: April 1, 2025

Steven F. Seagull & The Missing Chips

 

 

Children's Book

Date Published: 06-13-2024

Publisher: Magnetic Lion Productions

The Victorian Locket

 

 

A Galveston Historical Mystery

 Cozy Mystery

Why Mom, Why?

This book, Why Mom, Why?, is the story of Chili, a Russian (Horsefield) tortoise. Chili is a very patient tortoise that always waits for her friend Tank to be fed first. She realizes that her mom has a routine to feed Tank first. Mom picks up on Chili's sadness when Chili would sit closer to her while feeding Tank. Chili needed the attention and was passively acting out. This book is about the silent communication between the pet and owner. Why Mom, Why? can be closely related to sibling rivalry in human beings. This is Book Two in the "Where is he? Tank, the Tortoise" series.

THE WOKE AND THE DEAD

 

 

Nostalgia City Mystery #5

Mystery

Date Published: 03-13-2025

Publisher: Archer & Clark

Storms by Jo A. Hiestand

 

Storms by Jo A. Hiestand
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I’m a big fan of this author’s series, McLaren. This is one of the stories of the lives of her characters. The first story is about Michael McLaren. It’s a prequel called The Swim. This story is about his current lady love, Melanie.

Hiestand is incredibly good at writing series and each of her books can be read as a stand-alone. She creates wonderful characters and makes certain you know a little about past major events in their lives. That way the reader has a whole picture.

But this is the story of how Melanie got to be who she is today. I really enjoyed it. She endured a lot of trials, and each one affected her, created her fears, and built her strength.

There can be no question I want more McLaren series books, but I really enjoyed reading a bit about a character’s beginning and how she came to meet McLaren.

A quick read. Well done as are all the books in the series.




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Favorite Comfort Foods and Why

 I had to think and think on this one. Not because I couldn't think of anything...but because I couldn't narrow it down.

I think most of my comfort foods come from my childhood. Many I must admit are what I think of as "winter dishes".  Any recipes are listed below. I sure would like any ideas you have.

I love to cook so don't fix the same thing too often other than what you see below. 

I do think over the years, my "comfort foods" and my "easy to fix" foods have become intertwined :)

Beef stew - no question this was my mother's dish. She was better at using the pressure cooker than I could ever be. Now I use an Instant Pot so as not to blow anyone up.  The recipe I now make is called Latvian Stew and is from a site called The Book Club Cookbook 

Chinese vegetable stirfry  - I love the ability to create a stirfry from any fresh local veggies I might have. When it's winter, I use some fresh and some frozen. We don't usually eat meat in it, but I have cut up some link sausage in it and some chicken now and then. My husband can have very little salt, so that changes much of my cooking. My recipe is below*

Green beans with ham and potatoes and cornbread - still one of my favorite dishes. I mentioned my husband can't have much salt so all of the bacon and grease is gone, but I still sneak a few chopped up pieces of ham in for special occasions. This site is very close to my recipe except for no bacon and no salt. https://wellfedbaker.com/southern-green-beans-and-potatoes/#recipe 

Fried chicken when I was a kid but never now, NEVER. And my reason might surprise you. Although we don't eat any fried foods per se, I do love fried chicken, but the mess, oh the mess. How did my working mother clean up all that grease weekend after weekend? 

https://www.africanbites.com/southern-fried-chicken/  This site has a wonderful recipe but oh my, can you imagine the clean-up 😩😩

Fresh salad - I think I love this sort of thing because of the creativity and possibilities involved. It's rather like a stirfry. I can use any of the local veggies I can find. I can use fruit. I can make all kinds of toppings. Something different every time. I didn't paste in my recipe. I think you'll see I use everything I can think of. Salmon, chicken, shrimp, even sometimes warmed up pulled pork, it's probably our favorite.

    

*Easy Stir Fry:

Use any or all of the following washed and cut in bite-sized pieces:

red bell pepper

yellow bell pepper

zucchini

yellow squash

mushrooms, button of any kind

carrot, cleaned and peeled

i or 2 cups of baby spinach

green onion

Sesame seeds, can’t use in our house

Hoisin Sauce (bottled)

Vegetable broth, no salt added

2-3 cups instant rice (cooked)

Rotisserie chicken torn into pieces (optional)

 

Add 2T of broth to the skillet.

Add peppers first as they will take the longest to soften

Use peeler to shred more carrots over pan.

Add squash and Zucchini after peppers and carrot curls

Add mushrooms

Add more broth as needed (we like our saucy so I add as I go along)

Mix in baby spinach (only needs a few minutes to wilt)

Add torn pieces of chicken if desired. 

Cover only long enough for the chicken to warm.

Add 2 to 3 T of hoisin sauce

Stir all

Put rice in warmed bowls and top with veggie mix.

Life In Rotations

 

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The Bipolar Code

 

 

A Memoir of Unraveling, Navigating, and Empowering the Bipolar Mind

Personal Memoirs, Mental Health, Non Fiction

Date Published: March 25, 2025

Publisher: Elite Online Publishing

The Business of Medicine

 

The Definitive Guide to Help New Physicians Start Their Career on the Right Path and Avoid Costly Mistakes

Non-Fiction (Medical, Memoir)

Date Published: March 18, 2025

Publisher: Elite Online Publishing