Monthly Archives: June 2019

Electric Smoker Cookbookby Melissa Johnson

Craving the smoky goodness of brisket or pulled pork? This is the cookbook for you!

Something magical happens to food when you use smoke. However, traditional smokers are expensive, and can be unsafe and challenging to use. Electric smokers, on the other hand, are equipped with the latest safety features and technology, so smoking can be easy. In “Electric Smoker Cookbook: Irresistible Recipes and a Step-by-Step Guide that will Turn You into a Pit Master in No Time at All,” you’ll learn how to shop for electric smokers by looking at features like:

• Temperature control
• Size
• Construction material
• Budget

Once you have your smoker, what can you smoke? The chapter on ingredients lays out an easy guide for choosing food and what tends to turn out really well in a smoker. Tough and fatty cuts do best, since the low and slow heat breaks down connective tissues and renders fat in a way other cooking methods don’t. You can also smoke vegetables, fruit, and – as you’ll see in the recipes – some other surprising foods.

This book is packed with recipes designed for both beginners and more experienced cooks. Each one has nutritional info, wood chip recommendations, and step-by-step instructions. You’ll make dishes like:

• Cajun chicken
• Homemade smoked bacon
• Blackberry smoked ribs
• Texas-style brisket
• Smoked cocoa-pepper ribs
• Smoked shrimp
• Candied salmon
• Smoked mac ‘n cheese
• Smoky lemon bars
• Smoked cheesecake

There’s also a section on ideas for dry rubs, sauces, and brines. You have everything you need to get started! If you’ve been putting off smoking because it seems intimidating, this book demystifies all its aspects, and sets you up for a successful and delicious experience. Your family, friends, and anyone who walks by your house while your smoker is up and running will not be able to resist asking, “What’s cooking?”

Struck: A Husband’s Memoir of Trauma and Triumph by Douglas Segal

One of life’s biggest clichés becomes a horrific reality when Douglas Segal’s wife and young daughter are hit head-on by a Los Angeles city bus. Miraculously, his daughter was unharmed, but his wife faced a series of life-threatening injuries, including the same one that famously left Christopher Reeve paralyzed. Following the accident, Segal began sending regular email updates to their circle of friends and family–a list that continued to grow as others heard of the event and were moved by the many emotional and spiritual issues it raised. Segal’s compelling memoir is an intimate and honest chronicle built around these email updates, and is a profound example of how people show up for one another in times of crisis.

Alternatingly harrowing, humorous, heartbreaking, and hopeful, this is an uplifting tribute to love, determination, and how the compassion of community holds the power to heal, serving as an inspiring testament to the resilience of the human spirit when faced with pain and adversity.

A Destiny to Die For – 1by Rik Stone

THE DREAM

Born in a favela, Angelita believes it’s her destiny to become rich and powerful.

˃˃˃ THE CHANCE

She stumbles upon a half million dollars worth of heroin in her dead uncle’s bathroom.

˃˃˃ THE PROBLEM

The drugs belong to the Cartel.

˃˃˃ For readers of Michael Connelly, Robert B. Parker, Ace Atkins, Lawrence Block, and more.

International Bestselling author Rik Stone brings you an action and suspense thriller that’s unstoppable.

Warwolfeby Kathryn Le Veque

** A USA Today Bestseller
** A RONE finalist for 2018
** Book Excellence Award Winner for Romance 2018
** Kindle Book Review Finalist 2018

Read the book that has become a sensation!

1066 A.D. – Discover the origins of the original de Wolfe pack, led by the man known as WARWOLFE. Before the Duke of Normandy conquered England, a legend arose. A man so fierce, so brave, and so noble, that the mere whisper of his name could strike both fear and admiration into the hearts of all men.

That name is Warwolfe.

Gaetan de Wolfe is this man. A legend from a family of legends, the greatest de Wolfe warrior arises as William the Conqueror sets foot in England to claim what he believes is his birthright. Gaetan brings with him nine of the fiercest knights the realm has ever seen, plowing their way into the English countryside, forging their legacies at the Battle of Hastings. But when one of Gaetan’s men is kidnapped by the rogue brother of the Earl of Mercia, Gaetan refuses to let his man go. His loyalty to his men is above all.

A rescue mission of epic proportions begins.

Guiding the original de Wolfe Pack on this task into deadly enemy territory is a lady warrior known as Ghislaine of Mercia. The sister of the man who kidnapped Gaetan’s knight, her loyalties are torn. Wary of the big Norman knight with the fierce manner, her attraction to Gaetan is nonetheless undeniable. There is a spark between them that refuses to die. Together, Gaetan and Ghislaine embark on a dangerous adventure where myths are revealed, loyalties are tested, and where a growing passion between them becomes all-consuming.

Live the legend.

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The de Wolfe Pack Series is Le Veque’s flagship Medieval series with 14 novels. They are stand alones and can be read in any order, but the chronological order by year in which the story is set is:

1 – Warwolfe
2 – The Wolfe (Originally Book 1)
3 – Nighthawk
4 – ShadowWolfe
5 – DarkWolfe
6 – A Joyous de Wolfe Christmas
7 – BlackWolfe
8 – Serpent
9 – A Wolfe Among Dragons
10 – Scorpion
11 – StormWolfe
12 – Dark Destroyer
13 – The Lion of the North
14 – Walls of Babylon

Protecting Yourself In Our Advancing Cyber Worldby Gary L Gardner

Protecting Yourself in Our Advancing Cyber World is a broad-based self-help and how-to guide designed to assist those who seek to better understand, and protect themselves against, the risks that arise from integrating complex and emerging technology into virtually all aspects of daily life. Increasingly, we live our lives through our digital devices.

The overall goal is help the average person assess his/her vulnerabilities to a wide range of threats, including privacy invasion, hacking, identity theft, frauds, scams, spying, and tracking; then to suggest measures that can be taken to reduce personal vulnerability to those threats.

The co-authors have contributed from two different general perspectives. One author comes from the world of Federal law enforcement, with a background in fraud and financial crimes programs, while the other author comes from the world of advancing digital technology, systems architecture and cybersecurity.

The book opens with a general overview of fraud, identity theft, and cybercrime. Following the Introduction, the reader is invited to complete an on-line personal vulnerability assessment consisting of: (1) a check list designed to identify current protective measures in place and, (2) a series of questions designed to assess general knowledge.

This is followed by a discussion of sixty-one specific areas of risk, along with recommended protective measures for each. The sixty-one areas include a number of common activities of daily living, as well as over thirty Internet / technology-related issues.

The authors then describe sixteen of the most common frauds and scams to be on the lookout for, and offer thirteen real-life case studies as examples. This is followed by a section informing readers how to report frauds, scams and cybercrime, which includes links to various consumer clearinghouses that post the latest intelligence on new threats.

Finally, included is an overview of ten developing areas of interest that may affect the future of privacy, cyberthreats and personal protection initiatives. Throughout the book, over 200 live reference links are provided for further detail and study.

Criminals have been increasingly leveraging their activities with technology, and many individuals have come to realize that their protective measures may be insufficient. The authors hope to help readers become better able to counter growing threats by using the latest tools and better knowledge to leverage their protections; in particular, by taking steps necessary to make themselves difficult and undesirable targets.

Tranquil Furyby P.G. Thomas

It was just a normal school day…until the accident. However, when the four bus-mates wake, stranded on another world, with two of their friends injured, even stranger events begin to happen. Rescued by a lone traveler, who is a magic student, he takes them in search of elfin healers, but on that trip Lauren and Logan, fraternal twins, are adopted by divine benefactors, giving them both knowledge and powers. Eventually, they find themselves in the dwarven mine of the Ironhouse clan, and once there, the mysteries begin to unfold, including the biggest of them all; why would four-foot tall dwarves forge a six-foot long sword? Here you will find a fresh, fast-paced adventure, with unique characters, odd circumstances, unusual events, including an exceptional and original storyline.

Jeremiah Jericho: Allowanceby Azariah Scott

Jeremiah Jericho is in high school trying to just go about his day being invisible.

He’s not the ugly one or the bullied or the bully or the child that is bound for greatness due to a prophecy . . . well not totally. He’s the boy that lost his dad on 9/11, moody more so than a regular teenager, and is confused by the anger that boils underneath everything he thinks. He hears noises but ignores them. Until one of the noises turns into a voice that demands to be heard because he is part of a chip that’s nestled inside Jeremiah’s brain.

Crazy isn’t something a teenager looks for and it isn’t something Jeremiah needs in his life. He has enough crazy with his grandfather that mistreats everyone from his wife to his grandson Jack, Jeremiah’s brother. It doesn’t matter what Jeremiah wants, the chip in his brain isn’t going away and it continues to mess around in his life. He has to pay attention to what needs to be done or people will die and not just random strangers he doesn’t know, people he loves and cares for. People like his mother or his brother or the sweet scent of apple pie.

He just wants to go about life as he was supposed to, unnoticed, but that’s the curse of being good looking, people stare. People think they need to be your friend. And people think that you are far more into how you look like the are. Not to mention the government wants the chip back. Notice it’s not theirs. They just want it. Just like government. How they intend on getting it, well . . .

Book 1 of 3.

The Bad Company Boxed Setby Craig Martelle

Grab this boxed set collection of the first 4 books in the Bad Company series today!

Humanity’s greatest export–Justice.

Space is a dangerous place, even for the wary, especially for the unprepared. The aliens have no idea.

Here comes the Bad Company.

The Bad Company, book 1 – 

Colonel Terry Henry Walton takes his warriors into battle, for a price, in this first installment of The Bad Company. He believes in the moral high ground and is happy getting paid for his role in securing it.

Set in the Kurtherian Gambit Universe, Terry, Char, and their people–humans, Werewolves, Weretigers, and Vampires–form the core of the Bad Company’s Direct Action Branch, a private conflict solution enterprise.

Join them as they fight their way across Tissikinnon Four where none of the warring parties were what they expected.

Book 2, Blockade –

Space is a dangerous place, even for the wary, especially for the unprepared. The aliens have no idea. Here comes the Bad Company. 

When the Bad Company learns of a human colony blockaded by aliens, they take the upgraded War Axe into battle. Once again, nothing is as it seems, but this time, they find a single enemy, evil to its core. 

Ending that threat is a cause they are willing to die for. What would you do?

Book 3, Price of Freedom – 

Space is a dangerous place, even for the wary, especially for the unprepared. The aliens have no idea. Here comes the Bad Company. 

*** Price of Freedom is a 2018 Dragon Award Finalist ***

On Earth, parents told stories about the devil to frighten children. But devils exist and from time to time, they find their way here. 

Terry and Char, take the Bad Company’s Direct Action Branch into combat to rid a world beyond the borders of a new incursion. All it will cost is the inhabitants’ most advanced technology, a miniaturized power supply that will revolutionize the Etheric Federation.  

Nathan wants it, badly enough that he’s made the mission non-negotiable. Terry’s hands are tied as he takes the team into the hot zone. 

Join Terry and Char as the War Axe delivers the team to a planet well outside of Federation space where they have to convince the local aliens that the Bad Company is from the government and they’re there to help.

Join the Bad Company as they fight an enemy from their worst nightmares.

Book 4, Liberation – 

Space is a dangerous place even for the wary, and especially for the unprepared. The aliens have no idea. Here comes the Bad Company.

When humanity is wronged by the alien AI, the Bad Company leaps to action, but only after the warriors have scattered to the four corners of the galaxy. Nothing like liberty to keep the Bad Company happy and the credits flowing, just like cheap beer.

A side trip to Earth. Vacation on Yol. Meeting a lawyer on Onyx Station. Nothing is outside the realm of possibility as the Bad Company takes much-needed time off.

When the warriors return, they find their ranks bolstered, their weapons upgraded, and their fleet has grown. What they don’t find is the enemy.

The search is on! Between the Bad Company and their target stands too many innocent lives. Join Terry and Char as they confront Ten, a galactic evil…

Join the Bad Company as they fight an enemy from their worst nightmares.

Hot Summer Lovin’ by Ali Parker

She’s looking for change. I’m looking for my next score.

I’m the guy your father warned you about.

But attraction ignores common sense.

I’m straight up trouble.

Even when I’m trying to escape it, it finds me.

But this sinfully beautiful new girl in town is after a summer fling.

If she knew I robbed banks in my spare time, she might run the other way.

As she should, if she knew what was good for her.

But lucky for me, she’s only focused on one thing.

Our budding love affair.

It’s a distraction I can’t afford. Life hasn’t ever been easy for me, but I make it bend to my will.

Just like I’d like to make this new woman do.

Best part of it all? She ends up with my baby.

Worst part? She keeps it a secret. But us thieves have a way of finding these out.

Looks like we might be up for more than just hot summer lovin’.