Rum and Raindrops

Rum and Raindrops
Author: Jean Oram
Publisher: Oram Productions
Total Pages: 245
Release: 2014-09-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 099186025X

One nature guide. One accidental forest fire. And one steamy investigator hot on her tail. Life would be easy for Jen Kulak if she hadn’t just burned down the forest she depends upon for her business’s wilderness adventures. It would be even easier if she hadn’t accidentally fallen head over heels for the fire investigator tracking her every move. When the pressure heats up will Jen run like she has in the past? Or will she find the strength to fight the accusations that could cost her everything, including her own happily ever after? Find out in this small town contemporary sweet romance, the second standalone book in the Blueberry Springs series. Warning: This book will is a laugh out loud romance. Please proceed with caution when reading in public. Books in the Blueberry Springs Series--all standalone, sweet romances: Whiskey and Gumdrops (Book 1) Rum and Raindrops (Book 2) Eggnog and Candy Canes (Book 3) Sweet Treats (Book 4) Vodka and Chocolate Drops (Book 5) Tequila and Candy Drops (Book 6) Companion Novel: Champagne and Lemon Drops--now available in audio! "This is a great book to read when you want to forget some of the more discouraging parts of life and concentrate on feeling good." --reader review from Illinois Reader. "This was a great story that had me from page one." --reader review from Joni. "It's always refreshing to read a sweet romance and this is one I certainly recommend. The characters were all so true to life and well written which just made you fall in love with them and Blueberry Springs." --reader review from B.J.

Dreadnought

Dreadnought
Author: Robert K. Massie
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Total Pages: 1076
Release: 2012-06-27
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0307819930

A gripping chronicle of the personal and national rivalries that led to the twentieth century’s first great arms race, from Pulitzer Prize winner Robert K. Massie With the biographer’s rare genius for expressing the essence of extraordinary lives, Massie brings to life a crowd of glittery figures: the single-minded Admiral von Tirpitz; the young, ambitious Winston Churchill; the ruthless, sycophantic Chancellor Bernhard von Bülow; Britain’s greatest twentieth-century foreign secretary, Sir Edward Grey; and Jacky Fisher, the eccentric admiral who revolutionized the British navy and brought forth the first true battleship, the H.M.S. Dreadnought. Their story, and the story of the era, filled with misunderstandings, missed opportunities, and events leading to unintended conclusions, unfolds like a Greek tragedy in this powerful narrative. Intimately human and dramatic, Dreadnought is history at its most riveting. Praise for Dreadnought “Dreadnought is history in the grand manner, as most people prefer it: how people shaped, or were shaped by, events.”—Time “A classic [that] covers superbly a whole era . . . engrossing in its glittering gallery of characters.”—Chicago Sun-Times “[Told] on a grand scale . . . Massie [is] a master of historical portraiture and anecdotage.”—The Wall Street Journal “Brilliant on everything he writes about ships and the sea. It is Massie’s eye for detail that makes his nautical set pieces so marvelously evocative.”—Los Angeles Times

Blueberry Springs Box Set

Blueberry Springs Box Set
Author: Jean Oram
Publisher: Oram Productions
Total Pages: 1348
Release: 2018-03-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1928198686

Fall in love with the sweet, small town series that has delighted over a million readers. Best friend romances, enemies to lovers, second chance romances, secret pregnancies, and so much more await you in this small town series. Women with big dreams follow the bumpy road to true love with stories filled with laughter and tears. This heartwarming box set containing the complete Blueberry Springs series is sure to delight and keep you up late into the night as you read “just one more page.” This complete box set contains all stories from the Blueberry Springs series: Whiskey and Gumdrops Rum and Raindrops Eggnog and Candy Canes Sweet Treats (Which includes 3 short stories.) Vodka and Chocolate Drops Tequila and Candy Drops Companion to the series: Champagne and Lemon Drops

Drinkers, Drummers, and Decent Folk

Drinkers, Drummers, and Decent Folk
Author: John O. Stewart
Publisher: SUNY Press
Total Pages: 252
Release: 1989-01-20
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780887068300

Drinkers is a multi-form text. Essays, poetry, and fiction present rural life in Trinidad. These texts are interspersed with analytic and exploratory sections on the ethnographic and fieldwork experience. Within a context which includes the West Indian sugar estate at its core, and the distant but very influential U.S.A. at the periphery, Stewart reveals villagers struggling with problems of individual identity, as well as with problems occasioned by the historical struggle between African, European, and Indian cultural forms.

Crossing the Road

Crossing the Road
Author: Sudhir Thapliyal
Publisher: Roli Books Private Limited
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2009-07-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9351940063

Leela was scorned and thrown away like a fly from a glass of milk by a villainous, greedy and a selfish Menon. She vents her fury on him by seeking the ultimate revenge a woman can come up with. A story told by a friend who is first just a witness to the bizarre goings-on between Leela and her divorced husband, but later becomes a part of the dirty quagmire. Both of them take recourse to tantriks, plot murders that don't work, and in the end an exasperated and frustrated Leela takes an unheard of course. The friend initially looks on in an indifferent and uninterested way at a marriage gone wrong. But he too is drawn into the drama as both sides dangle the ultimate bribe - money. His scruples are thrown to the winds as the lure of filthy lucre traps him in the web woven by a scheming Leela.

Whiskey and Gumdrops

Whiskey and Gumdrops
Author: Jean Oram
Publisher: Oram Productions
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2014-09-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0991860233

A free romance! (THIS ALL NEW EDITION WITH NEW SCENES CONTAINS MORE FRANKIE, MORE KISSES, AND MORE ROMANCE! Enjoy!) One woman. One case of self-denial. One hunky best friend who wants a lot more. Watching the man she thought she'd marry tie the knot to someone else spurs small-town waitress, Mandy Mattson, to finally pursue her dreams of opening her own restaurant. But she can't do it alone. . . Mandy's going to need the help of her sexy, long-time best friend, Frankie Smith. He has everything she needs--and more. She fell for him years ago, but has never allowed their friendship to evolve into something more. After all, he's "Frankie fall-off-the-tower Smith,” and she has no intention of giving her heart to a dare devil like him. But what happens when Frankie asks Mandy to take the biggest dare of all? Find out in this best friends romance set in a small town. A free ebook romance! Books in the Blueberry Springs Series--all standalone, sweet romances: Whiskey and Gumdrops (Book 1) Rum and Raindrops (Book 2) Eggnog and Candy Canes (Book 3) Sweet Treats (Book 4) Vodka and Chocolate Drops (Book 5) Tequila and Candy Drops (Book 6) Companion Novel: Champagne and Lemon Drops--now available in audio! "I downloaded this book this morning and started reading it straight away. I couldn't put it down." --reader review from Lin. "The boy next door love interest with a sweet twist and constant laughs." --reader review from Rebekah.

Enigma

Enigma
Author: Jesus Mendez
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2006-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0595394124

Graves Stone was the FBI's elite profiler, but a close call with a sadistic murderer lands him in the hospital with a diagnosis of "mental instability." Now, seventeen months later, he is still recovering from his ordeal while a terrifying nightmare haunts his dreams. Stone receives a phone call from the head of the Miami FBI field office that plunges him back into profiling. But the copycat killer eerily mimics one of Stone's previous cases. The new murders mirror the old ones to such a degree that Stone begins to doubt that they captured the real killer. As he scrambles to unravel the mystery of the copycat killer dubbed "Pointer," another serial killer-a female who murders Catholic priests and carves the word "Grace" into their chest-continues her killing spree. With the help of his psychologist friend, Dr. Toni Preston, Stone faces his fears and begins a cat-and-mouse game with "Pointer," who has already killed eight women. As the pieces begin to fall into place about "Pointer," Stone realizes he has overlooked a crucial clue that will break the "Grace" murders wide open. But he is unprepared for the truth about the "Grace" killer, whose identity has remained an enigma through twenty-seven murders.

Burn This

Burn This
Author: Kit Helton
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 398
Release: 2003-07-10
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 0595281311

Ever wondered what Tahini is made of? How to deep-fry a turkey three different ways? How to properly purge crawfish before a boil, what music is best to listen to while baking, how to make dandelion wine, or pondered the magical properties of Chicken Stew? Then this is the cookbook your mother warned you about. Originally meant as a small Christmas gift for friends and family in 2002, Burn This blazed out of control into a one-stop cooking guide with something for everyone. Burn This is full of recipes from easy-to-make staples from mom's kitchen, to one-of-a-kind dishes that will be referred to in story form for years to come. Each recipe is complete with a (tried to be) witty reference that includes Prep Time, Cooking Time, who you should Serve To, a Taste Factor, and the Kit Factor (the equivalent to a Lazy Factor) that explains how much effort each dish really takes. Whether you're a gourmet chef or a utensil-challenged bachelor, this book has everything you need for the penthouse cocktail party, the barbeque behind Earl's trailer, and even the occasional practical joke.