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1.) The Football Draft went as expected for the most part with Buffalo trading up to get Sammy Watkins and the Browns trading down getting players they wanted and in drafting Johnny Football with the 22nd pick.


2.)  The Pacers are trying to close out Washington tonight, but they are still not playing good basketball from game to game.  OKC is trying to close out the Clippers tonight also.



3.)  In Baseball, the talk has been on all of the young pitchers who need Tommy John surgery-used to be most guys were in there 30’s and had pitched over 3,000 innings.  Now it has been young guys who have not pitched more than a couple of 100 innings and some not even that much.  Could it be because when they are young they pitch so much and go on travel leagues?  Not giving their arms any rest?  There are many thoughts I do know this is going to be a hot topic for a while.  


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It Had to Be You (Christiansen Family)Eden Christiansen never imagined her role as her younger brother Owen’s cheerleader would keep her on the sidelines of her own life. Sure, it feels good to be needed, but looking after the reckless NHL rookie leaves little time for Eden to focus on her own career. She dreamed of making a name for herself as a reporter, but is stuck writing obits—and starting to fear she doesn’t have the chops to land a major story. If only someone would step up to mentor Owen . . . but she knows better than to expect help from team veteran and bad-boy enforcer Jace Jacobsen.

Jace has built his career on the infamous reputation of his aggressive behavior—on and off the ice. Now at a crossroads about his future in hockey, that reputation has him trapped. And the guilt-trip he’s getting from Eden Christiansen isn’t making things any easier. But when Owen’s carelessness leads to a career-threatening injury and Eden stumbles upon a story that could be her big break, she and Jace are thrown together . . . and begin to wonder if they belong on the same team after all.

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Both Sides Now (A True Love Story)
Do you remember your first love? 

When Dawn moved from Southern California to rainy, rural, Washington state in 1976, love took a backseat to worries about fitting in at her new school. Over time, her friendship with the boy next door grew until she realized she had found her first love without ever looking for it. Their sweet romance turned sour in 1979, and she said good-bye to that first love, apparently forever. 

Twenty seven years later, a chance run-in led Dawn to question whether or not first love can really last and if she can find her own happily ever after. If you remember your first love, what it was like growing up in a small town where everyone knew your secrets, or the simpler times growing up in the seventies, you will find much to relate to in Both Sides Now. 

Both Sides Now is a standalone true story that is a companion piece to the best-selling memoir Feels Like the First Time. They can be read separately or in any order. 

This is her story.


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Some Like It Charming (A Temporary En...New! The fourth and final book of the series, Some Like It Hopeless, is now available. $.99 for a limited time. 

Mackenzie Wyatt believes in two things: herself and her plan. And her plan is to keep her head down and to work hard until she can retire. Never mind that she doesn't know what she'll do once she retires– at least she won't be working for the man anymore. Because even though he's a gorgeous man, he's still her boss and he likes to push her buttons. 

Ethan Howell O'Connor's charmed life comes to a screeching halt after his latest ex-girlfriend starts a fashionable trend in talking to the tabloids. Now all of Ethan's old girlfriends are talking to the press, ruining his reputation, and wiping that charming smile right off his face. The only person who can brighten his black mood is the same person who can annoy him to kingdom come. He and Mackenzie have feuded since the day she was hired but now Ethan's starting to realize: maybe those sparks were hiding a blazing fire. 

Mackenzie's about to find out that sometimes a gorgeous man can come up with a plan all his own, and it's a given that it'll mess hers up.


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My Sweet Valentine (Pride Series Roma...Sara Lander was back in town. She had big plans for her inheritance along with her freshly printed business degree and years of experience in some of Seattle’s finest bakeries, she has a rich idea for Pride. Sara's Nook is going to be the next biggest thing to hit town. All she needs now is to steer clear of the hunky ex-Navy SEAL who is hell bent on taking all her focus away from starting her own business. 

Allen Masters has been living in Pride for several years. Setting up a new branch of the Coastguard and training all the new recruits took years of skill and all his patience. But when he sees the black-haired beauty, who had come back into town, he realized she was the one he'd been searching for. Taking one taste of her sweets, he knew he'd be in for a sinful time, but losing his focus while flying into the eye of a storm was the last thing he could afford. 


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Everyone Burns (Time, Blood and Karma)'He opens a drawer of his desk, casually takes out a pistol, flicks off the safety catch and points it at my head. 
He says almost sorrowfully, "Do you imagine me to be a gangster, Mr Braddock?"' 

It is January 2005 and the charred remains of two Europeans have been discovered on the Thai island of Samui. 
Local Police Chief Charoenkul, sidelined by his superiors, enlists the reluctant David Braddock, a burnt-out private detective, to assist in an ‘unofficial’ investigation. 
But Braddock has problems of his own, including an affair with the same Police Chief’s wife ... 

Peppered with irreverent humour and some pithy comments on everyday life in the Land of Smiles,Everyone Burns is much more than a crime novel. It is also a carefully-crafted psychological study of an anti-hero for our time.

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Lady Blues: forget-me-not: A Gus LeGa..."Lady Blues is intelligently and tightly written. This is beautiful – evocative, startling, teasing, terse, soothing and suspenseful in turns. Author Aaron Paul Lazar has a wonderfully readable style, empathetic and gentle, but also frank and realistic. The characters he creates are fully rounded, flaws and all, and it’s hard not to be drawn deep into their world with them. Good food and music are recurring motifs throughout the story and so is the Genesee valley. There is so much to admire artistically in this book, and with a catchy cover and a very high standard of presentation, it is a perfectly presented piece of fiction. Very, very highly recommended." Stephanie Dagg, bestselling author of KATIE'S CAKE. 

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Past and present collide when an Alzheimer’s patient’s fragile memory holds the key to solving mysteries dating back to World War II—including a long lost secret love affair. 

Music professor Gus LeGarde is just doing a favor for a friend when he agrees to play piano for church services at a local nursing home. He doesn’t expect to be drawn into a new friendship with an elderly Alzheimer’s patient dubbed “the music man” or to stumble across a decades-old mystery locked inside the man’s mind. 

Octogenarian Kip Sterling doesn’t know his own name—but he speaks Gus’s language, spouting jazz terms like “cadence” and “interlude” and “riff.” He’s also obsessed with “his Bella,” but nobody knows who she is. 

When Kip is given a new drug called Memorphyl, he starts to remember bits and pieces of his life. Gus learns Bella was Kip’s first and only love, but their relationship was shrouded in scandal. Intrigued, Gus agrees to help search for her. Could she still be alive? 

Horrified when the miracle drug suddenly stops working and patients begin to backslide, Gus panics. Can he help Kip find his beloved Bella before all the memories disappear?


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The Big, Not-So-Small, Curvy Girls Da... Becky Holgate's lost her focus. It’s complicated...she didn’t mean to fall in love with another woman’s guy. How could she be a matchmaker for other people if all she could think about was her own heart? Determined to ignore her growing infatuation, she set her site on building her career. Only Reed Amwell was making it hard to concentrate; every encounter left her breathless. 

Reed didn’t mean to fall for the curvy girl, but she was carefree, silly, and fresh. Her soft curves and playful heart had him questioning his current relationship. Could he be with the wrong girl? He needed to figure it out fast, because his wedding day was getting closer by the minute. 

With a laugh-out-loud best friend, an insane cat, and a business to run, Becky Holgate didn’t have time for guys like Reed Amwell...until time was running out.

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Tempt Me, Cowboy (Copper Mountain Rodeo) Too much temptation… 

Chelsea Collier wants nothing more than to save the old depot built by her railway baron ancestor and turn it into a museum—until it’s sold out from under her! 

Jasper Flint made himself filthy rich in the Texas oil business by the age of 35. Now he wants a quieter life and building a microbrewery in Marietta, Montana is the perfect project. 

Neither one of them knows what to do with the passion that explodes between them! But Chelsea knows a man like Jasper will never stay in one place for too long. Can he convince her that this time, he means to stay?


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Why Not Tonight? - 50 pages novella, stand-alone 

The Walk-In (Borrowed Billionaire #1) 40 pages, short story 

The Typist (Billionaire Novelist #1) 50 pages, short story


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Masters at Arms & Nobody's Angel (Res...  Families aren't always blood related. If you are looking for a series with gritty, realistic characters who will get under your skin and never let go and you have an open mind about alternate lifestyles, then look no further than the eye-opening Rescue Me Saga by USA Today Bestselling Author Kallypso Masters. 

PRAISE BY READERS: 
Ms. Masters shows in detail the stress and fears these men and women experience throughout their lives. As a spouse of a military veteran who suffers from PTSD I could relate to all of the characters in this beginning story and the following stories that are currently available…. But, warning…keep a box of tissues handy. I cried during each of the stories because I could see my husband’s experience in each of them. This is a series you don’t want to pass up! (Teresa Hughes, Review) 
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I found myself getting frustrated in the book, but not by anything the author did. Kallypso does a wonderful job of showing who her characters are. So any frustrating feelings I had was strictly towards a character who was simply being human and making a bad choice. Kallypso’s writing is very real—our heroes and heroines are human beings who make mistakes and bad decisions, who can be weak and vulnerable, or strong (sometimes TOO strong). (Anonymous) 
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NOBODY’S ANGEL is intensely sensual. While BDSM romance is not exactly my genre of choice, it seems to be handled quite well in this story, with an emphasis on safety and trust and not just kink. (Bobby, Book Wenches) 

CONTENT WARNING: Readers with a history of abuse are warned that, due to the emotional way in which the author presents the subject matter (past and present), the books might cause triggers while reading. Please read the Author's Notes at the beginnings of each book before reading further. The books in this saga are intended for mature adult readers who are not offended by profanity and graphic sex scenes. Note, however, that this saga is NOT erotica. The primary focus is on the development of the characters and the unfolding of their life stories. 

DESCRIPTION: 
MASTERS AT ARMS begins the journey of three men, each on a quest for honor, acceptance, and to ease his unspoken pain. Their paths cross at one of the darkest points in their lives. As they try to come to terms with the aftermath--forging an unbreakable bond--will they ever truly become masters of their own fates? Or would fate become master of them? 

NOBODY'S ANGEL: Marc d’Alessio might co-own a private kink club with his fellow military veterans, Adam and Damian, but he keeps all women at a distance. When Marc rescues Angelina Giardano from a disastrous first experience at his club, however, an uncharacteristic attraction leaves him torn between his safe, but lonely world, and a possible future with his angel. 
Angelina leaves the club behind only to have her dreams plagued by the Italian angel in a wolf mask who rescued her. When she meets Marc at a bar in her hometown, she can’t shake the feeling she knows him, but has no idea why he reminds her of her angel. While trying to protect Angelina from her abusive ex, though, Marc once again finds her at the Masters at Arms Club where she turns his safe, controlled world upside down. 

ABOUT THE RESCUE ME SAGA: The books in the ongoing Rescue Me Saga are not stand-alone stories and should be read in order, beginning with the books in this volume. Characters will recur in later books to deal with old and new issues in their lives as the saga continues, and each book builds upon all previous ones. Sometimes main characters even need another book to help resolve deep-seated issues affecting their relationships. 

BONUS MATERIAL in this version: Kallypso Masters has added the PLAYLIST of music that inspired her as she wrote about the first three couples mentioned in this combined volume, as well as a GLOSSARY OF TERMS and a CAST OF CHARACTERS in these books in the saga.


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Steal Me, Cowboy (Copper Mountain Rodeo) Unbeknownst to her boyfriend, Sassy South Carolina hairstylist, Rainey Brown, is headed to Missoula, dead set on giving her minor league baseball player boyfriend of four years an ultimatum. Either put a ring on it or let her go, preferably not the latter. 

When Rainey's piece of crap car dies in the middle of Nowhere, Montana, she's sure she's a goner, until gorgeous restaurateur Beck Hartnett stops to help. Beck falls hard for Rainey, and knows she would admit she's fallen for him too, if she wasn't too stubborn to admit it. Beck has five days before the car is repaired to steal Rainey away from a boyfriend who doesn't deserve her. Five days before she's gone for good.


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 What's life without a little adventure?
Small town girl Maggie Avery is fed up with work, college and the dismal direction her life has taken. She's looking for something different - and Angel Rodriguez certainly fits the bill!
With his numerous tattoos, powerful motorcycle and foul mouth, Angel makes quite the first impression. But beneath his bad boy exterior Maggie finds self-hatred and a profound sense of sadness that instantly piques her curiosity.
The two become unlikely confidantes and, as their friendship blossoms, Maggie realizes Angel is exactly what's been missing from her life. The thought of losing him is too much to stand. So when it's time for him to leave town, Maggie convinces the heavily tattooed biker to take her with him.
There's just one problem.
Angel is caught up in something bigger than himself. The guys he rides with are bad news, infamous for their criminal activities and hard-partying ways. To say that Maggie is out of her element in Angel's world is an understatement!
Though he does his best to shield Maggie from those he considers dangerous, Angel can only do so much. He's caught between two worlds and is in an impossible situation. He vows to protect Maggie come hell or high water, but is it a promise he will be able to keep?
This book contains explicit adult situations.
It is the first part of the Wild trilogy.


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True Love West (A Mail Order Romance... ~~Welcome to the Mail Order Bride romance series! These are full length, stand alone novels that follow women as they make the tough decision to travel west to become wives and fall in love. These books don't have to be read in order, but please enjoy the entire series!~~
True Love West
A Mail Order Romance Novel
Sarah Crepley is used to a simple life at home with her emotionally distant parents and her sister, Rose. When Rose faces a tragic situation, it becomes blatantly obvious that Sarah has a much different relationship with her parents than Rose does. Tired of feeling invisible to those around her, Sarah heeds the advice of her sister and looks down a different path for her life... becoming a mail order bride.
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Charlie Huntereen never intended to become a man who lies, but after receiving no written responses from the truth, he decides to leave out the fact that he does indeed have a daughter. He has faith that the right woman will understand why he did what he had to do. When he receives Sarah's letter and discovers that she understands his loneliness, he can't fathom writing back to her with the truth...
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Will Sarah stay in Kansas to fulfill her commitment to a man who lied to her? Or will she board a train and face a life of loneliness? True Love West is a novel that yanks at the heartstrings, and makes you question whether you could trust your heart once it has already been broken.

Read the rest of the Mail Order Romance series!
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Driven to Date (Better Date than Never) (Better Date than Never series, Book #7) 

Career-driven attorney, Jill Parnell, has worked long and hard to become a partner at Corbett, Gray, & Shaw. When the coveted position is given to the boss’s nephew, she does what any intelligent employee would do—attends a colleague’s wedding and schmoozes a high-powered partner at another law firm. 

Her potential new boss has only one condition for her, that she demonstrate a personal life that will support a thriving career. Pretending to have a boyfriend is outside Jill’s comfort zone, but she invites the best man to act the part and Ryan is all-too eager to play her significant other. Sparks fly between them, but she reminds herself she’s only driven to date to get back on the partner track. 

When Jill discovers Ryan is the lawyer who stole her promotion, her charade threatens to implode. But breaking off their pretend relationship could cost her the job of her dreams. And the more she gets to know Ryan, the more she’s tempted to tame the bad boy, and make him her own.


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The Insanity Plea
 "...fierce courtroom drama..." 
"...intoxicating...and nail-biting..." 
"...the courtroom scenes often soar..." 
-Kirkus Reviews 

A young nurse is savagely killed during a pre-dawn run on Galveston’s seawall. The murderer slices her running shorts from her body as his trophy and tosses the body over the wall to the rocks below. As dawn breaks, a bedraggled street person, wearing four layers of old, tattered clothes, emerges from the end of the jetty, waving his arms and talking to people only he hears. He trips over the body, checks for a pulse and, instead, finds a diamond bracelet which he puts in his pocket. He hurries across the street, heading for breakfast at the Salvation Army two blocks away, leaving his footprints in blood as he goes. 

Wayne Little, former Galveston prosecutor and now Houston trial lawyer, learns that his older brother has been charged with capital murder for the killing. At first he refuses to be dragged back into his brother’s life. Once a brilliant lawyer, Dan’s paranoid schizophrenia had captured his mind, estranging everyone including Wayne. Finally giving in to pleas from his mother, Wayne enlists the help of his best friend, Duke Romack, former NBA star turned criminal lawyer. When Wayne and Duke review the evidence, they conclude that Dan’s chances are slim. They either find the killer or win a plea of insanity since the prosecution’s case is air tight. The former may be a mission impossible since the killer is the most brilliant, devious and cruel fictional murderer since Hannibal Lecter. The chances of winning an insanity plea are equally grim. 

It will take the combined skills of the two lawyers along with those of Duke’s girlfriend, Claudia, a brilliant appellate lawyer, and Rita Contreras, Wayne’s next door neighbor and computer hacker extraordinaire, to attempt to unravel the mystery of the serial killer before the clock clicks down to a guilty verdict for Dan.
The Insanity Plea is a spell-binding tale of four amateur sleuths who must find, track and trap a serial killer as they prepare for and defend Wayne;s brother who is trapped in a mind like that of John Nash, Russell Crowe’s character in A Beautiful Mind. 

Combining legal thriller with tracking a serial killer, Thompson once again takes the reader on a helluva ride, right up to the last page and sentence. 

The Insanity Plea, a new legal thriller by Larry D. Thompson, Best Selling author of Dead Peasants, The Trial and So Help Me God. 


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Rock 'n Roll Heaven  Jimmy ‘Guitar’ Velvet isn't even a has-been; he’s a never-was. After a short trip to the bottom of a river, Jimmy is about to undertake the adventure of a lifetime. The celestial bureaucracy ships him to Rock ‘n Roll Heaven, where he meets the true icons of rock ‘n roll—and learns that even ‘heaven’ is relative. But, what impact can a small-timer like Jimmy make on the biggest stage in the universe? 

*** Special Bonus*** The full text of the short story "Lucky Man" is included as a free bonus. Lucky Man is the story of a Big Man on Campus returning for his 20th class reunion and about revenge served very cold.


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LAW OF ATTRACTION (romance books)  “Can Kay find love with her handsome lawyer boss Michael? You won’t be able to put this down till you find out.” Clare Stevens 

“A wonderful period romance novel filled with intrigue, ballroom dancing, and great characters.” Beth Boyd

“Will they/won’t they? Set in the fifties, fab!” Suzi Coltrane 

A delightful romance with a touch of suspense, which you won't be able to put down 
Kay Watson has fallen in love with her boss Michael, but will he always put his job first? When Kay helps the firm out as they open a new office in town, the two grow ever closer, but an angry former colleague and past relationships threaten their chances of getting together. This is a charming period romance that will have you gripped with its twists and turns. 

Patricia Keyson is the best-selling author of many romance novels including ‘The Magic Touch,’ ‘Snowbound with a Stranger,’ and ‘Cherry Blossoms’ all available on Amazon. 


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Lonesome Cove (Terry Rankin) Terry Rankin isn’t so sure about his new client, Gianni Lupo. Gianni is an old man, just released from prison after serving the full twenty-five years of a Life sentence for a double murder in Miami. But Terry figures the man’s paid for his crime and now he’ll spend his declining years tottering around his home on Sanibel Island. Terry isn’t sure why Lupo feels the need for armed bodyguards, but what can go wrong? After all, it’s been twenty-five years. 
And three tons of gold is still missing…






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