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André
Sybil Bartel
(Uncompromising #3)
Publication date: October 16th 2017
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance

André
The Marines trained me to set my sights and wait for the shot. For eight years, I guarded my brothers and defended my country. Now I protect my clients. My personal security firm is the best in the business because I leave nothing to chance… until a dark-haired, hazel-eyed spitfire crosses my path.
She and her sexy-as-hell striptease were supposed to be a one-night distraction. But too late I noticed the branding on her back and my blood ran cold. This woman wasn’t a distraction—she was a death sentence.
Knowing who she was left me no choice. I took her on as my client. But running from her past wasn’t an option.
The Marines didn’t train me to retreat. They taught me to engage.
One shot. One kill.

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Author Bio:
Sybil Bartel grew up in Northern California with her head in a book and her feet in the sand. She dreamt of becoming a painter but the heady scent of libraries with their shelves full of books drew her into the world of storytelling. She loves the New Adult genre, but any story about a love so desperately wrong and impossibly beautiful makes her swoon.
Sybil now resides in Southern Florida and while she doesn’t get to read as much as she likes, she still buries her toes in the sand. If she isn’t writing or fighting to contain the banana plantation in her backyard, you can find her spending time with her handsomely tattooed husband, her brilliantly practical son and a mischievous miniature boxer…
But Seriously?
Here are ten things you probably really want to know about Sybil.
She grew up a faculty brat. She can swear like a sailor. She loves men in uniform. She hates being told what to do. She can do your taxes (but don’t ask). The Bird Market in Hong Kong freaks her out. Her favorite word is desperate…or dirty, or both—she can’t decide. She has a thing for muscle cars. But never reply on her for driving directions, ever. And she has a new book boyfriend every week—don’t tell her husband.
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Fighting Disease with Whole Food Nutrition By S. Diane Barry

Fighting Disease with Whole Food Nutrition

My Journey Fighting HIV with Whole Food Nutrition, Herbs and Spices

By S. Diane Barry

Book Description:

I was diagnosed with HIV in January 2005.

Over twelve years later, I’m healthy and doing well.

I don’t have AIDS. My numbers are great.

I did this without prescription medications.

How?

By fighting HIV with whole food nutrition, herbs, spices, and healthy lifestyle choices.

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Excerpt:

There are many alternative
therapies. I believe that food is the best medicine. Nothing outrageous but a
healthy diet of fresh foods, full of nutrition, is a good start. 

Herbs and spices
offer medicinal qualities that science seeks to replicate and reproduce. I
believe in Mother Nature and choose the most natural options I can afford. Many
will argue about the cost of health foods, but I will argue about the cost of
health care -a cost I do not have!  I
often have to remind myself I am HIV positive.  I am undoubtedly healthier than most of the
people I know. I take no prescription medications other than an occasional
muscle relaxer for neck pain.  I even
rely on a capsaicin or cayenne rub for topical use instead of taking a pill. I
only use the medication as a last resort.

Prevention vs. cure
is an excellent battle plan if you’re serious about living healthy.

There are many
other things that may contribute to my body holding this virus at bay. I am not
a cigarette smoker. I am a Vegetarian.  I
never was a clean freak, so I don’t use noxious chemicals to clean and
pesticides are not my style.

  

About the Author:

It's 2017 and 12 years after my HIV diagnosis I am still healthy and on no prescription meds for HIV.

I wrote Fighting Disease with Whole Food Nutrition to start a discussion about healthy choices that save lives. Because no one seems to care about that. Not the doctors or specialists, or anyone I tried to contact to expand on why I am so healthy despite being HIV positive.

The answer is food. Real food. Not processed, microwaved, filled with preservatives and chemically created vitamins food. Real, whole, fresh food.

You are what you eat. Eat healthy to be healthy.


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Pocket Hose Top Brass Bullet

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This hose shrinks back very small when the water has been drained from it. Pocket hoses should never be left with water in them or the water running. This hose has great protectors at the ends of the hose, none I have tried have this until now.

This hose comes with a great hose end. It is adjustable and does not need the gun style. I get better control of how much water comes out of this hose then I have ever had with any of the gun style sprayer. Some of my plants are very tender and need a gentle spray this hose end is perfect, no more broken plants and no more having to water then with a bucket. The hose end does easily screw off if you want to hook it to a different sprayer or even a sprinkler.

This hose also has one of the best hose covers I have seen. Most just have a thin material sleeve down them, this one is corded, they call it a bullet shell, and for good reason. it seems to be a lot tougher and more protective then the other thin materials I have seen or used.

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This hose so far has done exactly as the manufacturer has promised. I am very happy with it.

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FREEWISE Personal Fan Battery Operated (Pink)

This is one awesome personal fan. I live in Florida it is pretty much hot year round. I love going places and doing things outside but with the heat especially in July and August it is just to hot to go outside to even check the mail. This personal fan will let me go and do more.

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I am going going on vacation with my Daughter and Grand Kids this weekend and will be taking it with me. We will be staying in a  cabin with no fans and I cannot sleep without a fan so will be setting it on the bedside table at night. Then when we are out exploring and I get hot I can pull it out of my bag and cool off.

This fan will come in handy in so many ways for me, I am thrilled with it.  it comes with everything, you get a base to stand it up in, there is a micro USB cord for charging, there is a removeable wrist strap, and then the fan itself.

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#Natrogix Thyroid Support Formula (60 Capsules)

My Daughter at the age of 14 had an egg sized tumor that wrapped itself around the right half of her thyroid. The doctors had to surgically remove the tumor but with it being so wrapped around the thyroid they had to take the whole right half. They also decided with her age and because they left half of the thyroid they did not want to put her on meds. Now she is an adult and the half of her thyroid does not seem to be doing enough on its own, her levels are messed up when she has blood work but the Doctors still do not want to put her on meds since the levels can be hypo one time and hyper another. Her doctor has told her to take Thyroid Support meds. She has tried many different brands over the years. Some have seemed to help others not so much. We have yet to see how well these will work since she needs to take them for at least a couple months to get the full benefits. We do have to say these are very easy to swallow, there is no smell, taste, or after taste with these pills. She does not get any stomach upset or anything. She takes 2 pills in the morning and goes on about her life.  These pills also help with her mood swings, which is a thyroid issue. She is quite happy with these pills. there is a months supply of 60 pills in this bottle. The lid is not childproof so make sure to keep them away from children.

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Green Heart Garden Shears with Titanium Blades

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Pride of a Viking by Sky Purington

Pride of a Viking

The MacLomain Series

Viking Ancestors’ Kin

Book Five

Sky Purington     

Genre: Time-Travel Fantasy/Shifter Romance

Date of Publication:  July 9, 2017

ASIN: B06Y5QQF6P

Number of pages: 260 pages

Word Count:  82,000

Cover Artist:  Tara West

Book Description:

Two men tore Erica’s world apart in another life. One was the man she loved and the other the enemy. Now both are back, and it’s up to her to make sure an ancient blood feud doesn’t destroy everyone she cares about. That means steering clear of her dragon mate. But sometimes memories are too strong and the past too powerful. Or so it seems when she slips back in time and ends up on an unexpected journey with a man she was determined to forget.

Having confronted who he once was and what he did in a previous life, Kodran Sigdir sets out to seek answers. He needs to better understand his part in an age old war and to keep his distance from Erica. They should remain apart. Yet destiny seems to be drawing him back to her. How he once felt. All he gave up. Could things go differently this time? Or will the risk to their people be too great? Find out as Erica, Kodran and their kin go up against the enemy one last time in Pride of a Viking, the epic conclusion of Viking Ancestors’ Kin.

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Excerpt:

“Are you sure
Hallstein was your mate in another life?” His eyes held hers as he spun her so
that they were facing each other. “Do you have memories of your time with him?”
He shook his head, spoke through clenched teeth and worked hard to keep rage
from taking over as he caught glimpses of what she had endured. “He did things
to you, Erica. Terrible things. Things that make no sense given you were
Maeva…his mate.”

She leaned back,
clenched her jaw and averted her eyes. “Yes, he was my mate. I’m sure of it.”

“Then why can’t
you look at me when you say that?” He tilted her chin until she had no choice
but to meet his eyes. “What aren’t you telling me? What’s the missing piece?”
He frowned. “Because something’s not adding up.”

“It doesn’t…you
just...” She frowned as well. “You need to let this go. You need to let me go.
It’s the only way this is going to work. It’s the only hope we have.”

“And where am I
supposed to let you go to?” He glanced around to remind her where they were
before his eyes returned to hers. “Because it’s out of my control, yes?”

“You know what I
mean.”

“Do I?” He
stepped a bit closer and never removed his fingers from her chin. “Because as
far as I can tell you want me to believe you desire Hallstein when that’s the
furthest thing from the truth. I think you’re trying to push me away so that
you can somehow save everyone all on your own.”

Because he was
remembering his last life, he remembered what Maeva had looked like. While they
shared the same tall, lithe build with curves in all the right places, he found
Erica more stunning in this life. Her eyes were varying shades of striking
green that seemed to shift with her mood, and her warm skin tone was luminous.
He wanted to feel her soft skin against him. Touch every last inch of her.

She went very
still as their eyes held. Or so one would think if they couldn’t detect the
slight tremor that went through her. Shivers that only translated to another
dragon. He also noticed that she had gone from momentarily vulnerable to
completely closed off despite her physical reaction.

“You’re good at
that,” he murmured, shifting even closer to see if he could bring out that
tremor even more. “Trying to be strong for everyone else all the time. How long
have you played that part?” While he should have remained compassionate and
thankful, his inner dragon was flaring. The jealousy that reared whenever he
thought about her in the enemy’s arms. “How long have you been playing the part
of a woman trying to convince Hallstein that you’re his? How long have you
been—”

“No,” she cut
him off, yanked her chin away and narrowed her eyes. “What I’ve done to help
our people is not because—”

“Because you’re
meant to be together?” he cut her off just as readily, as he turned things
around on her. “Because you’re not, are you?” He shook his head and narrowed
his eyes as well. “You’re not supposed to be with him.” His voice dropped to a
whisper as the truth hovered just out of reach. Like a memory he was right on
the verge of remembering. “You never were, but something happened…”

Something he
needed to understand, so he thought fast. If one thing had been proven true
with his kin and their mates it was that intimacy seemed to speed up their
mental connections. So why not get things moving in that direction?

It seemed Erica
followed his line of thought because a moment later she started to move away
but he caught her. With an arm around her lower back, he yanked her against
him, cupped the back of her neck and kissed her.

The moment he
did, everything changed. 

About the Author:

Sky Purington is the bestselling author of over thirty novels and several novellas. A New Englander born and bred who recently moved to Virginia, Sky was raised hearing stories of folklore, myth and legend. When combined with a love for nature, romance and time-travel, elements from the stories of her youth found release in her books.

Purington loves to hear from readers and can be contacted at Sky@SkyPurington.com.

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