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Continue reading →: House is a tip AGAIN!
I am nibbling away at the sofa, I want to get this and, ideally, the blanket box upstairs cleared before July, this means NOT sleeping in until 18.00 hours (damned pain!), I should really have taken a before shot of the sofa on Monday 5th June but I was too…
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Continue reading →: Quick check in
I am back to tracking on SW, ideally I would like to be below 22 stone by the end of June/start of July but I am not going to fret if I don't hit that target, either way I am 2.5 STONE lower than this time last year! I am…
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Continue reading →: The Case of the Jaded Jack Russell by B.R. Snow
Suzy and Josie are featured speakers at the Animal Entrepreneurs Expo in Ottawa and having to deal with Joshua Middleton, the CEO of the largest pet store franchise corporation in North America. He’s also someone Josie went to vet school with, and their shared history is anything but good. And…
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Continue reading →: Crime and Poetry by Amanda Flower
Rushing home to sit by her ailing grandmother’s bedside, Violet Waverly is shocked to find Grandma Daisy the picture of perfect health. Violet doesn’t need to read between the lines: her grandma wants Violet back home and working in her magical store, Charming Books. It’s where the perfect book tends…
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Continue reading →: Without a Brew by Ellie Alexander
It's winter in the Bavarian village of Leavenworth, Washington, which for local brewmaster Sloan Krause means lots of layers, pine and citrus-flavored craft beers, and getting the new guest rooms at Nitro into pristine condition before visitors flood in for IceFest–a local tradition filled with fireworks, ice carving, and winter…
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Continue reading →: Murder at the Taffy Shop by Maddie Day
Cape Cod bicycle shop owner Mackenzie “Mac” Almeida and her mystery book club find a certain accusation of murder quite the stretch . . . When your mother is an astrologist and your dad is a minister, you learn to keep an open mind. Which is just what Mac loves…
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Continue reading →: The Case of the Hurricane Hounds by B.R. Snow
Suzy, along with Josie and Chef Claire, has finally succumbed to her mother’s pressure and are in the Cayman Islands for some relaxation and time in the sun. But on their first night there, a major storm blows through, and Suzy and Josie head outside to rescue a stray Bloodhound…
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Continue reading →: Death in Bloom: A Flower House Mystery by Jess Dylan
Sierra Ravenswood is the new part-time employee of the Flower House, a flower shop in Aerieville, Tennessee. It's true she didn't expect to be back in her hometown at twenty-eight-years-old, but after her dream of making it as a singer in Nashville crashed and burned, she's just grateful to have…
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Continue reading →: Still Life by Louise Penny
The discovery of a dead body in the woods on Thanksgiving Weekend brings Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and his colleagues from the Surete du Quebec to a small village in the Eastern Townships. Gamache cannot understand why anyone would want to deliberately kill well-loved artist Jane Neal, especially any of…
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Continue reading →: Five-spice cucumber and chicken stir-fry
Ingredients 1 heaped tsp Chinese five-spice powder* 3 tbsp chicken stock 2 large garlic cloves, crushed 5cm piece fresh root ginger, peeled and finely grated Juice of 2 limes 4 skinless and boneless chicken breasts, cut into thin strips Low-calorie cooking spray 4 peppers (2 red and 2 yellow),…
