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With the holidays approaching, the Coronavirus is still here and keeping us stuck at home. To celebrate the holidays, you can give books to your favorite relative, friend, or associate and bring joy during these uncertain times.
Following are legal thrillers, murder mysteries and everything in between that will take the recipient to a world of make-believe, all written by spectacular authors. To order, just click on the titles:
Sleepless Nights by Norwood Holland - A lawyer faces danger while defending a client accused of taking part in the murdering of three people.
The Closet Case by Tawanna Sullivan - A web-developer is roped into a blackmail situation.
Murder with Collard Greens and Hot Sauce by A. L. Herbert - A successful woman who creates hair care products is murdered.
Queen City Ruby by Alex Cage - A group wanted by the FBI is planning to steal a precious stone worth over one hundred million dollars from a bank.
The Dentist by Tim Sullivan - A homeless man, declared legally dead several years ago, turns up murdered.
You Can’t Know This by Dwayne Alexander Smith - A financially strapped woman cannot believe how fortunate she is when she meets a wealthy man.
The Mono by Benson Nyangiro - A
teenager faces some harsh realities while attending a boarding school in
Behind The Hill by B. Ivy Woods - A computer developer suspects someone, with dire intentions, is shadowing her.
Blind Sight by Tanya R. Taylor - A blind woman becomes an armchair detective when a guest at her anniversary party plunges a terrace to her death.
Lethal Love by Perri Forrest - A wife sets her husband up for the murder of his mistress.
LaNease Adams and Marcus Nel-Jamal Hamm star as Heaven and Jackson, in a short film (run-time 21 minutes) that follows the pair on a twisty roller coaster ride of love.
It is a love story with a surprise ending.
Enjoy.
With the onset of COVID-19, the flu, and the common cold, our immune system will need all the help it can get. While healthy foods will not necessarily prevent colds and other illnesses, a proper diet is crucial to maintaining a strong immune system. Give yourself – and your taste buds – a boost with these nutritious, delicious foods:
· Button mushrooms: Enjoy
them raw or cooked for immune-boosting selenium, riboflavin, and niacin.
· Yogurt: The probiotics in
yogurt can help ease the severity of colds. Make sure the label says, “live and
active cultures.”
· Spinach: Eat raw or
lightly cooked spinach for maximum benefits including folate (folic acid) and
Vitamin C.
· Sweet potatoes: These
contain one of the richest natural sources of beta-carotene, which your body
converts into Vitamin A to support your immune system and gut health.
· Broccoli: Phytochemicals
in broccoli are great for the immune system so serve up a healthy portion anyway you like it – raw, roasted, or steamed.
· Garlic: It packs so many
flavors and that is not all. Some studies have shown that eating garlic can
reduce the frequency and duration of colds.
· Ginger: Add fresh ginger
to stir-fries for a spicy kick, and because it is a great source of
antioxidants.
· Red peppers: Citrus fruits
are known for their Vitamin C, but red peppers actually contain about 3 times
more Vitamin C than oranges, and Acerola cherries are extremely high in Vitamin
C.
· Chicken soup: That old saying about chicken soup turns out to be true. If you do have a cold, a nice hot bowl of it can help ease your symptoms and get you on the road to recovery faster.
Quick and Easy Chili
As the temperatures start to drop, you will need warming, crowd-pleasing recipes that are fast and easy to prepare. Chili is a great option. You can season it to your liking and add or substitute ingredients to suit your tastes.
Ingredients
1
pound chopped beef, chicken, or turkey
1
large chopped onion
1
chopped green or red pepper (optional)
1
tablespoon of vegetable oil
1
can red or pink beans
1
can chopped tomatoes or tomato sauce
Chili
powder
Cumin
Oregano
Salt
Pepper
Directions
Saut̩ your choice of chopped meat over medium heat until brown, seasoning it with salt, pepper, and chili powder to taste. Stir in the chopped onion and pepper, and cook until the onions turn translucent. Add the can of beans with liquid. Let simmer for 2 minutes, uncovered. Add tomato sauce or chopped tomatoes with juice. Simmer uncovered, 5-7 minutes, or until desired consistency Рnot too dry but with just enough liquid to be saucy, but not soupy. Add more chili powder, cumin, oregano, and salt and pepper to taste. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 20 minutes. Serve over rice, couscous, or noodles.
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Book Title
~ Choose Me ~
A BWWM Sweet & Steamy Romance
Author
International Bestselling Author:
Stella Eromonsere-Ajanaku
Genre
Contemporary/Interracial/BWWM/African-American
Choose Me
~ A Sweet &
Steamy Romance is a huge scoop of romantic ice-cream served on a summer day.
Taste it! ~
To experience a
racing pulse, elevated heart rate, laughter & a scorching skin, read every
page.
To love is to lose his mind.
QUOTES
“I’m James Lincoln and I don’t make empty promises. You’ll find out
who I am in the coming days and months...”
~ James Lincoln.
“Why do I need
your sexy white ass to marry my curvy black behind to solve whatever issues you
think I have, hmm?”
~ Jayla King.
BLURB
~ A Flirty & Feisty Romance Novel: Love for real ~
“Can I massage
your sexy muscles?”
When Vlogger,
Jayla King scorned by love in the past directs her flirty question to the guy
with a toned butt, bewitching blue eyes and chiselled muscles, she has no idea
who he is or what he is after. He is
over-the-line hot, period! Although arrogant, he is a luxury white
chocolate bar laced with rum.
When he counters
with a series of questions, she becomes suspicious of his motives and backs away!
But she stays long enough to find out his dark side…
Now she knows the
road to his
“If you take off your nose ring,” he raised one full
dark eyebrow. “I might oblige you.”
Cocky
and living a great lifestyle while putting the dark times behind, along with
his narrow-minded family, New Orleans mansion owner, James Lincoln replies with
a cheeky question when YouTuber, Jayla disrupts his morning.
He
should have ignored her and walked on.
Instead,
his fantasy becomes reality when the woman with breath-taking laughter, sun-glazed skin and a
sinfully-sweet curvy booty flips on his heart switch like no other woman.
When he offers
her more than she asks for, she spits out the loudest, ‘NO’ on the planet! Yet,
she drives him out of his mind. The moment he finds out her dirty secret, she
brings out the worst in him.
“We’re done,
Jayla!”
He doesn’t need a
fairy-tale ending now, or ever! He is better off without her belly pouch,
flabby arms and stretch-marked cleavage anyway until a freaking incident…
As his
expectation comes crashing down, will James walk away for good, or will he and
Jayla choose each other?
~
From the Author of Bestselling Romance: Longing for You – A BWWM Sweet &
Steamy Romance ~
~ ~ ~ ~
Read a Snippet from Choose Me
James watched the fruity juice stain the corners of
Jayla’s lips.
Despite the severe talk he had with himself before the
evening began, he lunged forward, cupped Jayla’s neck with one hand and meshed
her lips with his own.
With his tongue, he wiped the sweet goo around her lips,
pushed further inside her mouth, hoping to make her feel all the emotions
charging through him.
Folding her hands around his neck as she moaned, she fried
his tongue with hers. Jayla stroked and stoked flames inside his mouth, steering a storm down south. While her head fell back,
he padded her nape with one hand until she laid on the rug and he pressed his
chest over her cleavage.
With his body heating up fast, he brushed his hand past
the keyhole of her dress to mould his fingers around her boobs. Her soft flesh
scalded his fingers. When he ached to the point his body vibrated, he rolled
off her body.
“I’m taking you
home, Jayla.”
“Why is that?”
“Don’t ask.”
“Why not, James?”
“I didn’t want to
lure you into my bed. That would be too obvious. So, I’m going to stop.”
When he stood and
helped her to her feet, he saw her lips tremble as she pulled down her dress.
Tonight, he had deepened his grip on her mind and body. She craved his stare. More than that, she yearned for one more kiss, or two.
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Check out all
Flirty
& Feisty Contemporary and Interracial Romance:
Choose Me
Longing for You
Irresistible Driver
Get Undressed
Christmas Desire
Tempted by the Princess – Book 1
Tempted by the Princess – Book 2
Hooked by one
Curvy Girl – Book 1
Hooked by one Curvy Girl – Book 2
Naughty Promise
Christmas Seduction
Irresistible Passion
“Shocking Affair”
Guilty of Love
Your Christmas Gift
All of Me
“You’re Mine”
Enticed Forever
Naked Attraction
Indecent
His Ring
Forbidden Dance (Forbidden
Series #1)
Red Velvet Rose (Forbidden
Series #2)
Tempting Desire
Seduced Hearts
Lust
Stolen Kisses (Books 1 & 2)
Wild Whispers
Love at Christmas
Husband to Rent
Stolen Valentine Kiss (
Kiss My Lips (
Royal Cowries (Cowries Series
#1)
His Choice (Cowries Series #2)
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A BIT ABOUT STELLA
My sexy adventurous romance stories will make your
heartthrob and you will laugh, cry & pant as my characters tease your
senses on their journey through exotic places across
~ ~ ~ ~
PURCHASE LINKS:
Connect with Stella on Social Media and
Please follow Stella’s Books
EXCERPT
“Maybe if you
weren’t so cynical about my motives, you’ll see that I find you too damn
attractive to care about any other woman. And I’m not going to take no
for an answer. Got it?”
He tipped his
head to the side.
Laughter gushed
out of her mouth in the same way water poured down the steep incline of a
cliff.
“What a breath-taking laughter you’ve got, Jayla.”
“Thank you. But
I’m sorry to disappoint you, James. I’m not attracted to you. Maybe if I were–”
He reached out
one hand and curled his fingers behind her neck. The second her warm skin hit
his palm, whatever she had to say melted in her throat. While teasing her with
his eyes, he stroked the side of her face with featherlike caresses.
She licked her
lips. He did not stop, instead he traced his fingers along her rounded jaw and
perched his thumb under her bottom lip.
Gripping his
waist with both hands, Jayla shut her eyes and parted her lips.
Power-driven
current spread through his chest and his entire body. A soft moan slipped out
of her half-opened lips. She inhaled deeply, lifting her large boobs to arouse
his senses. He ground his teeth because he wanted more than a kiss from her.
“I want more than
a hot kiss from you, Jayla King.”
The woman who
accepted no bull shit slanted her head to the side.
So, he cupped her
left cheek and rubbed her satin-smooth, glowing skin with his right thumb.
Jayla sucked on
her bottom lip and dropped her dark lashes. In the meantime, his pulse was
doing above crazy sprints.
“Say something,
Jayla,” he urged.
“What do you want
me to say?” She sounded as if her breath was hitched in her throat.
“Say you want
me.”
~ ~ ~ ~
Check Out My
The Trey Parker Story II: Case of the Lost Child, the second novel in this paranormal thriller series, will make readers keenly aware of the unseen world around them. After hiding away in a small farm town in the Philippines, Trey Parker is compelled to return to the States to assist Detective Landis in finding a lost child. Trey’s wife, Iris, fears that the secret government agency that monitored Trey since his Near-Death Experience and took the lives of the tenants of the Sundance Apartments will be waiting for him upon his arrival. Iris believes Trey leaving so close to her due date is reckless and that he is oblivious to the perils.Back in Tacoma, Washington, Detective Landis is still unable to cope with the loss of his daughter and his ex-wife Jada, even as the Detective struggles with a new relationship. Landis’s past is not so easy to escape, as Thomas Barstow attains parole and looks for the opportunity to settle the score that can only be resolved through bloodshed.The lives and souls of all hang in the balance and divine intervention may be only the solution.
