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Continue reading →: Ghostly Paws (Mystic Notch #1) by Leighann Dobbs
Middle age can be murder … At least that’s how it seems to former crime journalist, Wilhelmina Chance, whose near-fatal accident has given her a strange side effect … she sees ghosts. After a messy divorce sends her fleeing back to her hometown of Mystic Notch, nestled in the White…
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Continue reading →: One month in
and things are going well! This is how my year list looks so far Read 218 books (31/218) Read the Sheila Connolly Orchard series (2.5/11.5) Do 13 new recipes (4/13) Go to Clinique for a make up lesson Finish red on Winnie the Pooh Finish brown on Winnie the Pooh…
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Continue reading →: Cruel Winter: A County Cork Mysery (County Cork #5) by Sheila Connolly
Snow is a rarity in Maura Donovan's small village in County Cork, Ireland, so she wasn't sure what to expect when a major snowstorm rolled in around Sullivan's pub. But now she's stranded in a bar full of patrons-and a suspected killer in a long-ago murder. Maura's been in Ireland…
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Continue reading →: The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot #1) by Agatha Christie
Who poisoned the wealthy Emily Inglethorpe, and how did the murderer penetrate and escape from her locked bedroom? Sus-pects abound in the quaint village of Styles St. Mary–from the heiress's fawning new husband to her two stepsons, her volatile housekeeper, and a pretty nurse who works in a hospital dispensary.…
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Continue reading →: Roux the Day (Dinner Club Mystery #2) by Linda Wiken
Event planner Jennifer -J.J.- Tanner is planning a cruise ship casino night–and she's really going overboard. She even arranged for radio DJ Connor Mac and TV personality Miranda Myers to help the good times roll. But the party comes to a screeching halt when Miranda is found dead on the…
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Continue reading →: Murder in the Secret Garden (Book Retreat Mysteries #3) by Ellery Adams
There is a hidden garden bordering the grounds of Jane Steward’s book-themed resort—a garden filled with beautiful but deadly plants such as mandrake and nightshade. Tucked away behind ivy-covered walls and accessible only through a single locked door, as described in the pages of Frances Hodges Burnett's classic novel, the…
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Continue reading →: The Vegetarian Low Carb Diet by Rose Elliot
Finally, the diet vegetarians have been waiting for. Have you been feeling left out lately? Many is the vegetarian or vegan who has watched their meat-eating friends with envy as they followed the Atkins diet and the pounds dropped off. There's no doubt about it: a high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet really…
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Continue reading →: Pan-fried bacon with poached egg and balsamic tomatoes
1 tsp sunflower oil 4 rashers of rindless smoked back bacon 1 tsp white wine vinegar 2 large very fresh eggs (fridge cold) 8 cherry tomatoes, halved good handful of watercress drizzle of good-quality balsamic vinegar freshly ground black pepper Brush a large non-stick frying pan with sunflower…
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Continue reading →: Red lentil, chickpea & chilli soup
2 tsp cumin seed large pinch chilli flakes 1 tbsp olive oil 1 red onion, chopped 140g red split lentils 850ml vegetable stock or water 400g can tomatoes, whole or chopped 200g can chickpeas or ½ a can, rinsed and drained (freeze leftovers) small bunch coriander, roughly chopped (save a…
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Continue reading →: Rotten to the Core (Orchard #2) by Sheila Connolly
Orchard owner Meg Corey must clear her name of murder after the discovery of a pesticide-poisoned body in her springhouse. Meg is settling into the house and farm, her new Orchard Manager is starting to move in (slowly as she still has classes to attend until the end of the…
