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Love Spells: Recipe for A Charmed Life and From Bad to Cursed

10 Jan

Recipe for A Charmed Life
by Rachel Linden
Recipe for a Charmed Life is a sweet romance that will appeal to those looking for a story about second chances in love and in life. When Georgia May Jackson is about to get her dream job working as a top chef at a restaurant in Paris she manages to lose her sense of taste, her love, and her job all in the same night. When her estranged mother invites her to visit her on a small island near Seattle she sees it as an opportunity to heal and hopefully regain what she lost. There she meets a handsome, but grumpy oyster farmer also nursing past emotional wounds. I thought it was interesting that Georgia’s talent of creating delicious dishes which allow others to gain clarity in their life, was treated as less magic than a natural gift. This story will be a delight for fans of Sarah Addison Allen. You can also check out several of Linden’s previous works.

From Bad to Cursed
by Lana Harper
I had previously enjoyed several of Harper’s other books in her Witches of Thistle Grove series including Payback’s a Witch, Back in a Spell, and In Charm’s Way. Each book follows witches from different magical families as they fall in love and have ongoing adventures related to the magical lake in town that grants them their powers. In From Bad to Cursed (the second chronologically in the series) follows gothic Isidora who is a member of the Avramov clan whom use powers of necromancy and are rumored to be the descendants of Baba Yaga; she, however, harbors secret dreams of becoming a fashion designer. Rowan Thorn on the other hand has magic that is all about nature and growing things. He and Isidora seem to have nothing in common when they are thrown together to stop the forces working to destroy this year’s Beltane festival, but sometimes opposites attract. I listened to the book as a digital audiobook read by Meg Price.

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Aimee Harris
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Mysteries at Sea: S’more Murders and Title Wave

22 Nov

I picked out two mystery books set during cruises to enjoy during my own recent vacation. Whether you are reading them at sea or on dry land you’ll enjoy these clever fast paced cozy reads. Although both are middle books in their respective series they can both be enjoyed as stand alone mysteries, though you will be likely tempted to dive in and read more of them.

S’more Murders
by Maya Corrigan
Looking for a yummy cooking related cozy mystery? S’more Muders is a bittersweet treat! Val Deniston manages a cafe at a local fitness club and occasionally does some catering, but when she hears about a re-creation of the last meal on the Titanic aboard a yacht in the Chesapeake Bay she is at first hesitant to attempt something so lavish. But with her Grandfather, the author of the local paper’s Codger Cooks Column, help she manages to pull off some divine dishes, unfortunately not all goes well at the party and a murder mystery game results in an actual murder at sea. This is the fifth novel in the Five-Ingredient Mystery Series. The novel includes several quick recipes at the end including easy version of some of the Titanic dishes as well as some sweet and savory s’more recipes that sound delish!

Title Wave
by Lorna Barrett
Title Wave is the tenth in the Booktown Mystery series (the latest and 17th book in the series A Questionable Character came out in July). I enjoyed listening to the book as an audiobook read by Karen White. Tricia Miles’s bookstore Haven’t Got a Clue and other local businesses are in a slow period of the year, so she figures this is the perfect time to take a relaxing cruise with her sister, Angelica, along with other members of their town. A bus ride to the dock allows the author to do a quick whos who for those new to the series or needing a refresher. The Author Cruise they book to Bermuda seems like it should be relaxing with a posh suite, elegant afternoon teas and tropical cocktails until another passenger, a particularly prickly author, is murdered. I enjoyed the sisterly dynamic between Tricia and Angelica and having been on several cruises myself with friends and family, I felt this one captured the feel of them perfectly.

Want to learn some interesting cruise facts such as how ships stay a float and nautical origins of everyday terms; check out Cruising: A View Through the Porthole by Lee H. Van Dam.

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Aimee Harris
Information and Digital Services Manager

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