Daily Archives: October 27, 2020

Cooking Without Bordersby Anita Lo

A collection of globe-spanning recipes from the acclaimed chef and restaurateur.

To Anita Lo, all cooking is fusion cooking. Whether it’s her slow-poached salmon, smoked paprika, spaetzle, and savoy cabbage from her restaurant Annisa, or the smoked chanterelles with sweet corn flan that led her to victory on Iron Chef America, Lo’s food can always be distinguished by its strong multicultural influence. Inspired by the flavors and textures she’s tasted throughout the world, she creates food that breaks down preconceived notions of what American food is and should be.

In Cooking Without Borders, Lo offers more than one hundred recipes celebrating the best flavors from around the globe, including chapters on appetizers, soups, salads, main courses, and desserts. These recipes show home cooks everywhere how easy it is to think globally and prepare creative and delicious food. Now that we have greater access than ever before to ingredients from all corners of the world, there’s no better time to enjoy these flavors at every meal, presented by one of our country’s most innovative chefs.

The Witches of Hant Hollowby D. F. Jones

Wickedly thrilling fast-paced tale of a family of witches’ power struggles over light and dark magic, and how one mortal man gets caught in the crosshairs of the feud causing upheaval in not only Jasmine’s love life but rife within the American Mage Alliance.

Will Jasmine save Jonathan at the risk of losing the one she loves most?

“I grew up with Glinda the Good Witch, and then there was the Wicked Witch of the West. This book is so much more. You learn about the prejudices toward the witches, and the prejudices they have toward others. You hear lies about them, the truths, their homes, their loves, and their losses. This is a wonderful book with such amazing insight. And it allows us to see into those lives easily. I love the characters. They are so alive and real. I found this story to be fascinating and well-written and hope to read more about the Witches of Hant Hollow.”

Rum Cake Cottageby Barbara Cool Lee

Roxy spent ten years in prison for a crime she didn’t commit. Now she’s got 72 hours to find the real killer, or she’ll lose her daughter forever. A sweet second-chance romantic mystery from a Golden Heart-winning author.

The Cavanaugh Houseby Elizabeth Meyette

A house full of secrets.

Answers that may cost her life.

When Jesse Graham unlocks the door to the deserted house she inherited from her Aunt Helen, she doesn’t realize she’s unlocking secrets that had lain dormant for years.

As she settles into the Cavanaugh House, she wonders if this house is a blessing or a curse. The convenience to her new job is unbeatable, but people’s reaction to her living there is unnerving. And what about the strange noises she hears in the attic room at night?

Still reeling from a broken engagement, Jesse finds it difficult to trust anyone, even her self-absorbed mother. She’s determined to make a new life for herself, independent of anyone, on board with the current women’s liberation movement. Her dearest friend Maggie, aka Sister Angelina, is her lifeline to sanity and the only person she knows in small-town Seneca Corners.

Questions about her aunt’s death almost three decades earlier lead Jesse to investigate the mystery surrounding it and the people involved. What part did the wealthy Wyndham family play? Joe Riley is attractive, but her independent spirit and lack of trust resist his charm.

As she probes further, she uncovers a web of deceit that reaches far beyond the occurrences of twenty-eight years ago. Someone doesn’t want those secrets unearthed and will stop at nothing, even murder, to keep them hidden.

The Planby Whitney Dineen

• Silver Medal Winner at the 2020 International Readers Favorite Awards

Bead shop owner Amelia Frothingham has been keeping a secret from everyone she knows.

She pretends to be the ultimate care-free bohemian chick, but the truth is, she’s the world’s biggest control freak. Much to the delight of her Southern family, Amelia’s life appears to be smooth sailing. That is, until bad boy rockstar Huck Wiley mysteriously blows into town like a spring tornado.

Like every other woman under eighty with a pulse, Amelia’s intrigued. So when Huck starts showing up in her shop with flirtation in mind, she finds herself getting sucked into the rock god vortex. But her previous attempts at long-distance love have always ended on a sour note, so Amelia has vowed never to repeat the experience.

What Amelia doesn’t know is that Huck has a secret of his own, and he has no intention of returning to Los Angeles before he’s good and ready.

Will Huck stay in town, scattering the beads Amelia has finally gotten sorted? Or will he head back to his glamorous life and take her last chance at spontaneity and love along with him?

Find out in this deliciously funny romcom about love and life in Creek Water, Missouri!

Follow You Anywhereby Weston Parker

My new boss is so hot, it hurts.

I needed a job, but working as this guy’s personal assistant is going to get me into trouble.

I’ve never in my life given into a man the way I want to give into him.

And the fact that he’s a single father scares me and draws me in deeper.

Where most women are after his wallet, I find myself wanting so much more than I ever have before.

But it’s highly inappropriate.

With the holidays approaching, I’m trying hard to focus on the good things in life, but something is missing in mine.

Something I can’t deny any longer.

A guy. One just like him.

Swoony. Strong. Dominant.

But am I enough to push through the baggage of his past?

He’s good with lust, but love requires an act of trust.

And that’s the one thing he can’t imagine doing again.

Not until me.

Every good girl deserves a bad boy. ~ Weston