Welcome 2015!
Let's all have a fantastic year.
Let's all have a fantastic year.
Our Advent Event
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It's an oft repeated belief that books are gifts that keep on giving. This year we're joining other book publishers, authors and booksellers in encouraging you to give books - especially to children. Fill their imaginations with new worlds, to old history, to amazing futures, to romance and valor and laughter. This year we're opening the windows of the Advent calendar to find books for young and young at heart. Every day between now and Christmas Eve we'll offer a different digital format book for $0.99 at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo and Smashwords.
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The Holidays are upon us.
We've got a few treats on our menu for you: Romance, aliens, magic, laughter, self help, science fiction, mystery and the journey of a lifetime - and eternity.
When overprotective parents try to a couple who seemed destined from birth to be together heartache and tragedy are as inevitable as true love written in the clouds. When Clouds Touch, by Ey Wade
Privileged Dinah McKee went to El Salvador with the group of Peace Corps volunteers, only to be caught in a coup and taken hostage by an imperious and impatient military officer whose dedication to duty was matched only by his disdain for the people who rebelled against his control. Rebel Wife, by Perle Butcher Lyon.
The Running Experiment Book 2: Revenge of the Sofa. The Fat Girl is Running again, this time taking on diets, Elvis, family reunions, cancer and, of course, Disneyland. Once again Kristann Monaghan proves that laughter is great exercise.
Fourteen-year-old John Weaver’s teenage life is thrown upside down. Everything he’s ever known is basically a lie. His mom is taken from him. The world he knew is ripped from beneath him and he’s forced into a strange and frightening life. A dangerous life. A life where people are powerful. A life where people can kill. A life where a war is brewing... The Vortex Entrance, the first book of The Disappearing series, by Jackson Horvat.
What if there were a pill that could repair all the damage done to your body by time, injuries and illness? Would you take it? Stealing Forever explores the economic, ethical and human implications of modern medicine's greatest achievement - Promorterem. Another look at mortality and morality by Susan Wells Bennett.
Hugh Ashton explores The Last Notes From the Dispatch Box of John H Watson, MD, in one final collection of cases hidden away in a bank vault for nearly a century. And Andy Boerger assists with a completely different collection of cases in The Adventures of Sherlock Ferret, an anthology of mysteries solved by the consulting ferret and his friend, Watson Mouse, MD (Doctor of Mouseology) and Lestrade the rhinoceros, although not a very big one. Includes a new story about Cousin Vinnie, the lady ferret who inspired the Sherlock Ferret adventures.
Phil Eyster has spent thirty years bringing the Word of God to people all over the world, transcending language, customs and culture with medical care, education and ministry. Self-proclaimed a street corner missionary, Phil and his team have faced open hostility, threats, and natural disasters in their efforts to demonstrate that God is love. Soaring Higher.
Challenged by her eight year old nephew to take a photograph of a heart every day for year, Denise Kennedy has put together a delightful and uplifting book filled with charming photographs and encouraging words meant to brighten even the darkest days. I Heart You is the perfect gift for anyone who should be reminded that the world is full of love.
Be sure and stop by our store and Take Some Home.
On behalf of everyone at Inknbeans Press, Ted E Beans and Sacred Grounds, we wish you all a warm, wonderful holiday season.
We've got a few treats on our menu for you: Romance, aliens, magic, laughter, self help, science fiction, mystery and the journey of a lifetime - and eternity.
When overprotective parents try to a couple who seemed destined from birth to be together heartache and tragedy are as inevitable as true love written in the clouds. When Clouds Touch, by Ey Wade
Privileged Dinah McKee went to El Salvador with the group of Peace Corps volunteers, only to be caught in a coup and taken hostage by an imperious and impatient military officer whose dedication to duty was matched only by his disdain for the people who rebelled against his control. Rebel Wife, by Perle Butcher Lyon.
The Running Experiment Book 2: Revenge of the Sofa. The Fat Girl is Running again, this time taking on diets, Elvis, family reunions, cancer and, of course, Disneyland. Once again Kristann Monaghan proves that laughter is great exercise.
Fourteen-year-old John Weaver’s teenage life is thrown upside down. Everything he’s ever known is basically a lie. His mom is taken from him. The world he knew is ripped from beneath him and he’s forced into a strange and frightening life. A dangerous life. A life where people are powerful. A life where people can kill. A life where a war is brewing... The Vortex Entrance, the first book of The Disappearing series, by Jackson Horvat.
What if there were a pill that could repair all the damage done to your body by time, injuries and illness? Would you take it? Stealing Forever explores the economic, ethical and human implications of modern medicine's greatest achievement - Promorterem. Another look at mortality and morality by Susan Wells Bennett.
Hugh Ashton explores The Last Notes From the Dispatch Box of John H Watson, MD, in one final collection of cases hidden away in a bank vault for nearly a century. And Andy Boerger assists with a completely different collection of cases in The Adventures of Sherlock Ferret, an anthology of mysteries solved by the consulting ferret and his friend, Watson Mouse, MD (Doctor of Mouseology) and Lestrade the rhinoceros, although not a very big one. Includes a new story about Cousin Vinnie, the lady ferret who inspired the Sherlock Ferret adventures.
Phil Eyster has spent thirty years bringing the Word of God to people all over the world, transcending language, customs and culture with medical care, education and ministry. Self-proclaimed a street corner missionary, Phil and his team have faced open hostility, threats, and natural disasters in their efforts to demonstrate that God is love. Soaring Higher.
Challenged by her eight year old nephew to take a photograph of a heart every day for year, Denise Kennedy has put together a delightful and uplifting book filled with charming photographs and encouraging words meant to brighten even the darkest days. I Heart You is the perfect gift for anyone who should be reminded that the world is full of love.
Be sure and stop by our store and Take Some Home.
On behalf of everyone at Inknbeans Press, Ted E Beans and Sacred Grounds, we wish you all a warm, wonderful holiday season.
Two people. Two centuries. Two choices.
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Monroe saw her world fall apart when her husband decided to die and take as many people as possible with him - including her two youngest children. Feeling that the world blamed her for not recognizing her husband's mental illness, believing herself to be the wife of a monster, she coped with her loss and shame by diving into drugs, alcohol and an abusive relationship with a much younger man, while trying to rebuild a life shattered Like Shards of Glass.
Piotr witnessed his parents' brutal and needless death at the hands of armies seeking to conquer and extend the power of the flag of the star and crescent. The orphaned boy was raised by the local bishop and proved to be an excellent student and diligent worker. He also became adept at self defense and skilled with what he called his war scythe - a weapon of his own creation which, as his lust for revenge grew, would leave decimated bodies throughout The Four Kingdoms, as he searched for the man who killed his parents. As his reputation and the adoration of the people grew, the self appointed kings and their armies began to tremble at the mention of The Man With Ruby Eyes.
Piotr witnessed his parents' brutal and needless death at the hands of armies seeking to conquer and extend the power of the flag of the star and crescent. The orphaned boy was raised by the local bishop and proved to be an excellent student and diligent worker. He also became adept at self defense and skilled with what he called his war scythe - a weapon of his own creation which, as his lust for revenge grew, would leave decimated bodies throughout The Four Kingdoms, as he searched for the man who killed his parents. As his reputation and the adoration of the people grew, the self appointed kings and their armies began to tremble at the mention of The Man With Ruby Eyes.
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We've given away a venti frappuccino and a copy of Book of Complements. New prizes every day.
We've given away a venti frappuccino and a copy of Book of Complements. New prizes every day.
Welcome to our Summer Beach Read - celebrate the start of summer with lots of books: New books, free books, all kinds of books. And prizes! Coffee, company swag, minions, Dr. Who, Betsey Johnson and books! Check out our Espresso Bar, too. $ .99 books for your Kindle, Nook, Kobo, iPad, PC or Mac. The menu will be updated with new titles daily, so check back often.
Want to win a prize? Tweet to compete. Follow us on Twitter @Boss_Bean and retweet our little bon mots. Every retweet is a chance to win. No purchase necessary.
Day 1 (June 21) we're giving away two prizes: a cool, creamy venti Frappucino from Starbucks or a free copy of David Rowinski's Book of Complements. Retweet to compete. Congratulations to
@MimbsPhotograph & @dbmrey5
Day 2 (June 22) we're giving away some fun Inknbeans swag and a copy of Sherlock Ferret and the Missing Necklace. Retweet to compete.
Want to win a prize? Tweet to compete. Follow us on Twitter @Boss_Bean and retweet our little bon mots. Every retweet is a chance to win. No purchase necessary.
Day 1 (June 21) we're giving away two prizes: a cool, creamy venti Frappucino from Starbucks or a free copy of David Rowinski's Book of Complements. Retweet to compete. Congratulations to
@MimbsPhotograph & @dbmrey5
Day 2 (June 22) we're giving away some fun Inknbeans swag and a copy of Sherlock Ferret and the Missing Necklace. Retweet to compete.
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Welcome to a new year. We started the year off with a great collection of new books. The Brass Monkey Series is now available in a digital boxed set, as is the Nick West Trilogy. Ey Wade brought her delightful children's series to Ted E Beans - In My Sister's World. Susan Wells Bennett's newest book, a tech-noir called Just One Note will be arriving January 31st, and Annarita Guarnieri's touching and sometimes heartbreaking story about her Belgian Malinois, Shine, comes out the 24th.
And we're not stopping there. In February, look forward to Virginia Czaja's latest romance, Get Real, Eric Pullin's mind twister, The Chair, Jt Sather's rude, crude and absolutely essential How To Survive When the Bottom Falls Out. We've even got a surprise or two up our sleeves.
This year is going to be exciting.
And we're not stopping there. In February, look forward to Virginia Czaja's latest romance, Get Real, Eric Pullin's mind twister, The Chair, Jt Sather's rude, crude and absolutely essential How To Survive When the Bottom Falls Out. We've even got a surprise or two up our sleeves.
This year is going to be exciting.
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Cyber Monday!
It's Cyber Monday. Your email box is full of exhortations to buy! buy! buy! The stress is mounting as you frantically search for the best deals on Jing-tinglers, Flu Floopers, Gar Ginkers and Blum Bloopers.* Can you find that whimsical cat sweater in Uncle Fred's size? Can they ship the fusion powered coffee grinder in time? Can you get it all done before your credit card melts?
Relax. At Inknbeans Press it will be Cyber Monday for next four weeks. Fill the kiddies' stockings with treats from Ted E Beans: Great new books like The Open Pillow, Tori-Jean's Busy Day and God's Pinky Promises, old favorites like the Read With Me, Pops series, sweet fun with Francine and the Super Pet Spy Bunny or the wonderful, almost entirely true stories of Digweed, the Cat.
Pick up some romance for that favorite Auntie: Emjae Edwards, Perle Butcher Lyon and Susan Wells Bennett are all bringing out new treats for the Season. Action thrillers more your speed? Book 3 in the Nick West Series, Reprisal, is available now.
In the mood for some shivers up your spine? Try Out of Touch or one of the Grimsley Hollow series and watch for gothic grimness with Annarita Guarnieri's upcoming thriller. Historical fiction more your fancy? Walk the Trail of Tears with Wheezer and the Painted Frog and Wheezer and the Shy Coyote. Historical fact? Ey Wade's love letter to the United States, Beads on a String is now available.
What about Sherlock Holmes, you say? Just for the holidays we've put together all the stories from the Deed Box Series, by Hugh Ashton, into one gift quality, hardbound book. If you pre-order, we'll pay shipping and handling, and include an autographed bookmark.
And that's not all! Over the next four weeks we'll have new titles, new Beans, and some special offers that are sure to make you and your shopping list smile. Check back often, or sign up for our email updates, discounts and promotions.
*With affection and gratitude to Ted Geisel, who is missed.
Relax. At Inknbeans Press it will be Cyber Monday for next four weeks. Fill the kiddies' stockings with treats from Ted E Beans: Great new books like The Open Pillow, Tori-Jean's Busy Day and God's Pinky Promises, old favorites like the Read With Me, Pops series, sweet fun with Francine and the Super Pet Spy Bunny or the wonderful, almost entirely true stories of Digweed, the Cat.
Pick up some romance for that favorite Auntie: Emjae Edwards, Perle Butcher Lyon and Susan Wells Bennett are all bringing out new treats for the Season. Action thrillers more your speed? Book 3 in the Nick West Series, Reprisal, is available now.
In the mood for some shivers up your spine? Try Out of Touch or one of the Grimsley Hollow series and watch for gothic grimness with Annarita Guarnieri's upcoming thriller. Historical fiction more your fancy? Walk the Trail of Tears with Wheezer and the Painted Frog and Wheezer and the Shy Coyote. Historical fact? Ey Wade's love letter to the United States, Beads on a String is now available.
What about Sherlock Holmes, you say? Just for the holidays we've put together all the stories from the Deed Box Series, by Hugh Ashton, into one gift quality, hardbound book. If you pre-order, we'll pay shipping and handling, and include an autographed bookmark.
And that's not all! Over the next four weeks we'll have new titles, new Beans, and some special offers that are sure to make you and your shopping list smile. Check back often, or sign up for our email updates, discounts and promotions.
*With affection and gratitude to Ted Geisel, who is missed.
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Now Brewing...
While you're waiting for these, check out our menu board for other tasty titles.
Congratulations to our own Annarita Guarnieri, who won our May I Help You essay.
Meet our newest Beans: Ey Wade, Dawn Hood and David Rowinski.
Visit our shop: Gift of Words.
Thanks for stopping by.
Congratulations to our own Annarita Guarnieri, who won our May I Help You essay.
Meet our newest Beans: Ey Wade, Dawn Hood and David Rowinski.
Visit our shop: Gift of Words.
Thanks for stopping by.
Remember
While you're enjoying your barbecues, your baseball games, and your books, take a moment and consider the empty chairs, the bedtime stories never read, the games of catch never played. Remember the men and women who went out to serve and did not come home. For the families left behind, whether it was a war you supported or not, thank you for your sacrifice.
We'll talk about books next week.
We'll talk about books next week.
May I Help You Month
The Gage Project has been a success by any definition. We made a boy smile. We made his sister smile. We made his parents smile. We made a bunch of great people, who contributed to The Gage Project, smile. People are buying the book, and we hope the book makes them smile. And all of that made us smile.
Have you ever done a good deed just because you could? Have you ever wanted to do good and couldn't? Tell us about it in about 500 words. We'll post it in a blog and invite people to vote. Winners will receive some great Inknbeans goodies from our new swag shop, a Gift of Words, and many entries will be featured here, on our update page, as well as our Facebook Page. Send your essays to [email protected]. We'll be accepting submissions through May 15th, so help us keep smiling all month.
We've got some great books coming this month. Another wonderful entry from Vickie Johnstone in her Kiwi Series, more Sherlock Short Stories, another wonderfully Out of This World Tale, a sampler of short stories, poetry and other surprises from Susan Wells Bennett, and lots of other surprises.
We even have some new Beans! Look forward to great new books from Dawn Hood, Ey Wade and David Rowinski.
No wonder we're all smiling.
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Have you ever done a good deed just because you could? Have you ever wanted to do good and couldn't? Tell us about it in about 500 words. We'll post it in a blog and invite people to vote. Winners will receive some great Inknbeans goodies from our new swag shop, a Gift of Words, and many entries will be featured here, on our update page, as well as our Facebook Page. Send your essays to [email protected]. We'll be accepting submissions through May 15th, so help us keep smiling all month.
We've got some great books coming this month. Another wonderful entry from Vickie Johnstone in her Kiwi Series, more Sherlock Short Stories, another wonderfully Out of This World Tale, a sampler of short stories, poetry and other surprises from Susan Wells Bennett, and lots of other surprises.
We even have some new Beans! Look forward to great new books from Dawn Hood, Ey Wade and David Rowinski.
No wonder we're all smiling.
Boss Bean
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There's a new Bean on the Hill. Ted E Beans is our new kid friendly site, with books that are juuuust right for bearns. Pops Burkett, Vickie Johnstone, Dea Lenihan and others are moving in, getting comfortable and offering treats and surprises to their visitors. All books are age rated, so you can feel comfortable letting your kids visit. Stop in and look around, say hello and get to know Ted E's Beans. Just give Ted E a tickle and he'll take you right over.
Speaking of Dea Lenihan, her Out of This World Tales are making the journey to the Hill o' Beans. Just in time for Peeps and pastel eggs, Francine and the Super Pet Spy Bunny arrive to make all your secret Easter candy dreams come true.
If you prefer to keep your Kindle sugar-free all of your favorites are still here: The Brass Monkey Series, The Deed Box of John H Watson MD, the Nick West Series, Mysteries From the Trail of Tears, romance, humor, poetry, action...even vampires, it's all here.
Boss
Speaking of Dea Lenihan, her Out of This World Tales are making the journey to the Hill o' Beans. Just in time for Peeps and pastel eggs, Francine and the Super Pet Spy Bunny arrive to make all your secret Easter candy dreams come true.
If you prefer to keep your Kindle sugar-free all of your favorites are still here: The Brass Monkey Series, The Deed Box of John H Watson MD, the Nick West Series, Mysteries From the Trail of Tears, romance, humor, poetry, action...even vampires, it's all here.
Boss
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We've been busy beans the last few weeks, building a better Hill o'Beans, with surprises around every corner. New books, new beans and new places to find both!
Night Life, Susan Wells Bennett's third installment in the Brass Monkey Series, is now available for FREE at Amazon (until Sunday, March 18th) so if you have enjoyed the first two in the series - and who hasn't? - or you'd like a chance to meet Milo. Claire, Sondra, Sax, and all their friends for free, now's your chance to come on in, get comfortable and order your favorite beverage and catch up on the gossip: the talk of marriage, murder and monkeys.
If you like Sherlock Holmes, Hugh Ashton has another lovingly prepared homage to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in More From the Deed Box of John H. Watson MD. Or check out his author page to read The Bradfield Push, a Sherlock Short.
And since it's March Madness, add this to your brackets: Out of Touch, where high school basketball, Hoosier determination and a reluctant psychic collide to face tragedy and maybe, just once, change the future.
Boss Bean
Night Life, Susan Wells Bennett's third installment in the Brass Monkey Series, is now available for FREE at Amazon (until Sunday, March 18th) so if you have enjoyed the first two in the series - and who hasn't? - or you'd like a chance to meet Milo. Claire, Sondra, Sax, and all their friends for free, now's your chance to come on in, get comfortable and order your favorite beverage and catch up on the gossip: the talk of marriage, murder and monkeys.
If you like Sherlock Holmes, Hugh Ashton has another lovingly prepared homage to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in More From the Deed Box of John H. Watson MD. Or check out his author page to read The Bradfield Push, a Sherlock Short.
And since it's March Madness, add this to your brackets: Out of Touch, where high school basketball, Hoosier determination and a reluctant psychic collide to face tragedy and maybe, just once, change the future.
Boss Bean
Better E-Read Than Dead (Tree) Updated 03 07 12 Now With More Free Books!
Yep, it's that time of the year when hundreds of thousands of books are made available at deep discounts or even free, just so our readers can enjoy discovering a new author, a new series, a new genre, and a whole new way to read.
If you don't own a Kindle, iPad, Nook, Kobo, or any of the other dedicated ereaders, tablets and devices, sign on to Amazon and download their free software Kindle for PC or Mac, and then head over to Smashwords.com to explore the titles for some old favorites or new thrills.
Check out what we're offering:
Nicole Storey's Grimsley Hollow: The Chosen One available free this week Use code RE100 at check out. This special REAEW edition has a special sneak peak at book two of the series, coming this fall!
Also available the first three books in Vickie Johnstone's charming Kiwi the Cat series: Kiwi in Cat City, Kiwi and the Missing Magic, and Kiwi and the Living Nightmare. All free this week. Use code RE100 and get all three.
Emjae Edwards is offering her romantic suspense tale The Lady Must Decline for free this week. Use code RE100 at check out.
Perle Butcher Lyon has her historical romance The Wreck of the Sidonie Stone listed free, as well. Use code RE100 at check out.
And if you've heard about the Brass Monkey Series, Susan Wells Bennett's quartet of cozy mysteries, here's your chance to meet Milo and Claire in the first book, Wild Life. It's free this week. Use code RE100 at check out.
JUST ADDED***Free Jim Burkett's Declaration of Surrender, the first in the Nick West Series. Use RE100 at check out.
JUST ADDED***Free Kristina Jackson's The Fool's Journey Use RE100 at check out.
JUST ADDED***Free Vickie Johnstone's book of poetry, Kaleidoscope USE RE100 at check out.
Rusty Coats' spine tingling paranormal thriller Out of Touch is available half off this week. Use code RE50 at check out.
Dorothy Legge's beautiful and inspiring Poems of Faith and Love is also half price. Use code RE50 at check out.
And Hugh Ashton's hot selling Tales From the Deed Box of John H. Watson MD is available for half price. Use code RE 50 at check out.
Check back later for even more great bargains. We're here all week.
While you're there picking up these great books, check out the thousands of other authors who've made their books available at great prices this week.
Well? What are you sitting here for? Go read. Bring a friend.
Boss Bean
If you don't own a Kindle, iPad, Nook, Kobo, or any of the other dedicated ereaders, tablets and devices, sign on to Amazon and download their free software Kindle for PC or Mac, and then head over to Smashwords.com to explore the titles for some old favorites or new thrills.
Check out what we're offering:
Nicole Storey's Grimsley Hollow: The Chosen One available free this week Use code RE100 at check out. This special REAEW edition has a special sneak peak at book two of the series, coming this fall!
Also available the first three books in Vickie Johnstone's charming Kiwi the Cat series: Kiwi in Cat City, Kiwi and the Missing Magic, and Kiwi and the Living Nightmare. All free this week. Use code RE100 and get all three.
Emjae Edwards is offering her romantic suspense tale The Lady Must Decline for free this week. Use code RE100 at check out.
Perle Butcher Lyon has her historical romance The Wreck of the Sidonie Stone listed free, as well. Use code RE100 at check out.
And if you've heard about the Brass Monkey Series, Susan Wells Bennett's quartet of cozy mysteries, here's your chance to meet Milo and Claire in the first book, Wild Life. It's free this week. Use code RE100 at check out.
JUST ADDED***Free Jim Burkett's Declaration of Surrender, the first in the Nick West Series. Use RE100 at check out.
JUST ADDED***Free Kristina Jackson's The Fool's Journey Use RE100 at check out.
JUST ADDED***Free Vickie Johnstone's book of poetry, Kaleidoscope USE RE100 at check out.
Rusty Coats' spine tingling paranormal thriller Out of Touch is available half off this week. Use code RE50 at check out.
Dorothy Legge's beautiful and inspiring Poems of Faith and Love is also half price. Use code RE50 at check out.
And Hugh Ashton's hot selling Tales From the Deed Box of John H. Watson MD is available for half price. Use code RE 50 at check out.
Check back later for even more great bargains. We're here all week.
While you're there picking up these great books, check out the thousands of other authors who've made their books available at great prices this week.
Well? What are you sitting here for? Go read. Bring a friend.
Boss Bean
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It's a good thing we're getting an extra day this year because we've been busy here at the Hill o'Beans. Lots of new books and new beans and new places to explore coming up in March. Here are few:
Hugh Ashton has been digging deeper in the deed box that originally belonged to Dr Watson, the friend and colleague of the celebrated detective Sherlock Holmes. He has unearthed three more tales referred to in the original books, but never before released to the public: Colonel Warburton's Madness; the Paradol Chamber; and the Giant Rat of Sumatra. Coming March 5 to an ereader near you.
Also coming in March: Book Three of the Brass Monkey Series, Night Life by Susan Wells Bennett takes another look at the friends and frenemies of Sun City, AZ, with old friends popping up everywhere and new mysteries to solve. This is the Scooby gang on Social Security.
Vickie Johnstone's Kiwi, the intrepid catizen, is back with another adventure in March: Kiwi and the Missing Magic. Kiwi, Furball and the human kittens are back to solve another mystery and find a few laughs along the way.
The Boss Bean
Hugh Ashton has been digging deeper in the deed box that originally belonged to Dr Watson, the friend and colleague of the celebrated detective Sherlock Holmes. He has unearthed three more tales referred to in the original books, but never before released to the public: Colonel Warburton's Madness; the Paradol Chamber; and the Giant Rat of Sumatra. Coming March 5 to an ereader near you.
Also coming in March: Book Three of the Brass Monkey Series, Night Life by Susan Wells Bennett takes another look at the friends and frenemies of Sun City, AZ, with old friends popping up everywhere and new mysteries to solve. This is the Scooby gang on Social Security.
Vickie Johnstone's Kiwi, the intrepid catizen, is back with another adventure in March: Kiwi and the Missing Magic. Kiwi, Furball and the human kittens are back to solve another mystery and find a few laughs along the way.
The Boss Bean
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It's that day when the chubby chap in the diaper is on the loose, assaulting unsuspecting folk with a bow and arrow. Severe injuries have been reported: damage to wallets at the florist, confectioner, sommelier and jewelers, bruises and bloodletting in stores as people crush together at the last moment to find something to say 'I Love You' because they forgot until 4:15 pm, and countless broken hearts because there were no flowers, no candy, no little velvet box.
We challenge you to celebrate this day with a different gesture of love. Listen. Go visit that neighbor who lives alone. Let them tell you about their youth, their first passion, the war, their grandchildren, their aches, their pains, their regrets, their achievements. Buy a cup of coffee for that man on the corner with the cardboard sign. Take a daisy to the lady who is spending twelve hours on her feet today filling chocolate boxes for people who don't even think about love the other 364 days a year. Smile at the bus driver. Tell the toll collector to have a nice day. Go home and promise your partner that you will tell him/her that you love them every single day for a year - then do it. Talk to your Higher Power and say thank you for the good things in your life. Take your dog for a walk. Let the kids stay up just fifteen more minutes to tell you about their soccer game, or the new boy in class. Stand in front of the mirror and remind yourself that you are a creation - whether you believe in God or evolution, something amazing happened to bring you into existence, so go ahead...love yourself, too.
We challenge you to celebrate this day with a different gesture of love. Listen. Go visit that neighbor who lives alone. Let them tell you about their youth, their first passion, the war, their grandchildren, their aches, their pains, their regrets, their achievements. Buy a cup of coffee for that man on the corner with the cardboard sign. Take a daisy to the lady who is spending twelve hours on her feet today filling chocolate boxes for people who don't even think about love the other 364 days a year. Smile at the bus driver. Tell the toll collector to have a nice day. Go home and promise your partner that you will tell him/her that you love them every single day for a year - then do it. Talk to your Higher Power and say thank you for the good things in your life. Take your dog for a walk. Let the kids stay up just fifteen more minutes to tell you about their soccer game, or the new boy in class. Stand in front of the mirror and remind yourself that you are a creation - whether you believe in God or evolution, something amazing happened to bring you into existence, so go ahead...love yourself, too.
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_It's our first post of the new year, and we have a lot to share. Let's get right to it.
If you're wondering about the adorable (and non coffee) illustration, it's the work of our honorary Bean, Nikki McBroom, for Vickie Johnstone's equally adorable Kiwi in Cat City which came out at the end of December. While it's a great story for age 9 and up, we cannot emphasize the 'and up' part enough. Let your inner child come out and play with Kiwi, the Cat, and her two human kittens, as they explore Cat City and solve the mystery of the missing catizens. Kiwi's second, third and fourth adventures are coming soon.
We're very excited to welcome to the Hill o'Beans Hugh Ashton. Hugh has been writing non-fiction for many years, as well as his fascinating alternative histories Beneath Gray Skies, At the Sharpe End and Red Wheels Turning. He's bringing us a collection of Sherlock Holmes' undiscovered cases in Tales From the Deed Box of John Watson, MD. If you're a fan of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, you're going to recognize and enjoy the authentic feel of each story, and appreciate Hugh's research and dedication, not only in recreating the style and mannerisms of the original author, but the speech and the mores of the era, as well.
Kitty Sutton has been collecting some great, and deserved, reviews for her debut novel, Wheezer & The Painted Frog. Check out her author page to see what educators and reviewers are saying about this book. If you've read this fascinating fiction set against the historical backdrop of the Trail of Tears, let us know what you thought. We'd love to hear from you.
We're looking forward to introducing you to another amazing book in the next few weeks. Nicole Storey's Grimsley Hollow - the Chosen One violates our no vampires rule but, in this case, we don't mind. This YA novel comes with a great message: Special needs kids can be heroes, too.
Susan Wells Bennett and Jim Burkett are elbows-deep in their respective sequels. Susan's third entry into the Brass Monkey Series, Night Life, should be out next month, and Jim will be right behind her with Nick West's Reprisal. Emjae's 2011 NaNoWriMo entry, You'll Wake Up One Morning, will be out next month, so get ready to laugh, cry and hang on for dear life the next few weeks as we bring out another serving of Fresh Brewed Books. In the meantime, check out our Menu for current selections.
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If you're wondering about the adorable (and non coffee) illustration, it's the work of our honorary Bean, Nikki McBroom, for Vickie Johnstone's equally adorable Kiwi in Cat City which came out at the end of December. While it's a great story for age 9 and up, we cannot emphasize the 'and up' part enough. Let your inner child come out and play with Kiwi, the Cat, and her two human kittens, as they explore Cat City and solve the mystery of the missing catizens. Kiwi's second, third and fourth adventures are coming soon.
We're very excited to welcome to the Hill o'Beans Hugh Ashton. Hugh has been writing non-fiction for many years, as well as his fascinating alternative histories Beneath Gray Skies, At the Sharpe End and Red Wheels Turning. He's bringing us a collection of Sherlock Holmes' undiscovered cases in Tales From the Deed Box of John Watson, MD. If you're a fan of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, you're going to recognize and enjoy the authentic feel of each story, and appreciate Hugh's research and dedication, not only in recreating the style and mannerisms of the original author, but the speech and the mores of the era, as well.
Kitty Sutton has been collecting some great, and deserved, reviews for her debut novel, Wheezer & The Painted Frog. Check out her author page to see what educators and reviewers are saying about this book. If you've read this fascinating fiction set against the historical backdrop of the Trail of Tears, let us know what you thought. We'd love to hear from you.
We're looking forward to introducing you to another amazing book in the next few weeks. Nicole Storey's Grimsley Hollow - the Chosen One violates our no vampires rule but, in this case, we don't mind. This YA novel comes with a great message: Special needs kids can be heroes, too.
Susan Wells Bennett and Jim Burkett are elbows-deep in their respective sequels. Susan's third entry into the Brass Monkey Series, Night Life, should be out next month, and Jim will be right behind her with Nick West's Reprisal. Emjae's 2011 NaNoWriMo entry, You'll Wake Up One Morning, will be out next month, so get ready to laugh, cry and hang on for dear life the next few weeks as we bring out another serving of Fresh Brewed Books. In the meantime, check out our Menu for current selections.
The Boss Bean