Reviews of cookbooks, food memoirs, and culinary fiction. Warm stories, great recipes, and sassy opinions.https://cheflalacookbooks.com/https://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/align-your-business-with-the-real-you-connect-with-yourself-create-what-matters-most-and-define-your-success-by-jennifer-musser/https://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/align-your-business-with-the-real-you-connect-with-yourself-create-what-matters-most-and-define-your-success-by-jennifer-musser/True leadership isn’t found in titles—it’s in how you show up when no one’s watching. Jennifer Musser’s Align Your Business with the Real You explores what it means to lead from within. Her years as a strategic CFO and business owner taught her this truth: alignment is your greatest asset. If you...Mon, 14 Apr 2025 11:46:28 GMThttps://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/the-crush-of-wine-and-war-by-molly-fumia/https://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/the-crush-of-wine-and-war-by-molly-fumia/Summary: “Here is a book of exquisite honesty and profound depth… Along the way grief becomes a dance in the dark and suffering turns to love.” -Sue Monk Kidd, author of The Book of Longings, review of Molly Fumia’s Safe Passage Austria, 1938. Two Couples struggle with the terrifying prospect of ...Sat, 14 Dec 2024 13:00:00 GMThttps://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/tangles-a-cold-war-love-story-and-mystery-by-by-kay-smith-blum/https://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/tangles-a-cold-war-love-story-and-mystery-by-by-kay-smith-blum/Summary: “In a well-crafted debut, Smith-Blum provides the reader a ringside seat to the birth of the nuclear age…a beautifully written, important story…Tangles packs a punch and hits close to home.” –Robert Dugoni, New York Times bestselling author of The Tracy Crosswhite Series Oppenheimer was ...Fri, 13 Dec 2024 13:00:00 GMThttps://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/here-lyeth-by-johanna-frank/https://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/here-lyeth-by-johanna-frank/Book Summary: In Here Lyeth, Lexxie, feeling angry and heartbroken, leaves her home after learning that her biological father lives in a village called Vereiteln Dorf. There, she becomes intrigued by an unconsecrated graveyard and tries to uncover the truth, despite the locals’ reluctance to shar...Sun, 08 Dec 2024 15:18:14 GMThttps://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/universe-of-lost-messages-the-charismites-by-janet-stilson/https://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/universe-of-lost-messages-the-charismites-by-janet-stilson/Story Summary What if your child has special powers and can get people to do almost anything? What happens if the child is abducted? Izzie and Tristan were never mere humans. They are Charismites, with almost god-like powers of magnetism. And they couldn’t be more different. Izzie is a reckless, ...Thu, 05 Dec 2024 20:55:29 GMThttps://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/champagne-widows-by-rebecca-rosenberg/https://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/champagne-widows-by-rebecca-rosenberg/Summary: Sparkling Courage: Love, Loss, and the First Champagne Queen’s Daring Legacy France, 1800s. Young widow Barbe-Nicole Clicquot possesses an extraordinary gift: Le Nez, an exquisite sense of smell required to craft the world’s finest champagne. Despite crippling grief and societal rules ag...Wed, 04 Dec 2024 09:42:30 GMThttps://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/bones-of-the-apostle-by-john-amos/https://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/bones-of-the-apostle-by-john-amos/Story Summary: “Thomas, I’m bored. We need some excitement.” Back from their harrowing mission in the desert to recover a stolen statue of Aphrodite, detectives Flinders Petrie and Thomas Pettigrew have earned a reputation for success against all odds. Just as they are growing restless for anothe...Tue, 03 Dec 2024 12:36:39 GMThttps://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/the-case-of-the-stolen-goddess-by-john-amos/https://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/the-case-of-the-stolen-goddess-by-john-amos/Story Summary: Flinders smiled. “Once more into the breach, my friend.” Now famous after their previous quest to find Cleopatra’s tomb, detectives Flinders Petrie and Thomas Pettigrew begin their next adventure in search of a stolen statue of Aphrodite. Their pursuit takes them from the bowels of...Mon, 02 Dec 2024 13:57:36 GMThttps://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/prioritize-us-unlock-lasting-love-with-one-simple-proven-test-by-nick-brancato/https://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/prioritize-us-unlock-lasting-love-with-one-simple-proven-test-by-nick-brancato/Summary: What if the real reasons behind our arguments were hidden all along? The answer could change everything—starting today. Introducing Prioritize Us: Unlock Lasting Love with One Simple, Proven Test—a research-backed tool with the power to uncover what truly matters to you and your partner....Sun, 01 Dec 2024 17:34:16 GMThttps://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/thought-choice-power-charting-the-course-of-liberty-in-modern-society-by-plebeius/https://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/thought-choice-power-charting-the-course-of-liberty-in-modern-society-by-plebeius/Summary: Thought Choice Power: Charting the Course of Liberty in Modern Society by Plebeius is a thought-provoking exploration of governance, civic responsibility, and the critical need for principled thinking in today’s complex sociopolitical landscape. In an era when superficial messaging and p...Sat, 30 Nov 2024 14:06:49 GMThttps://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/apricot-marmalade-and-the-edmondson-transmittal-by-lon-orey/https://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/apricot-marmalade-and-the-edmondson-transmittal-by-lon-orey/Summary: The war was not going well. The surprisingly effective Tet Offensive in late January 1968 had humbled and embarrassed the South Vietnamese and their American allies. It had sent a powerful message to the folks back home that this Vietnam thing was not going to be over anytime soon. The h...Fri, 29 Nov 2024 18:08:31 GMThttps://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/knot-bad-amigurumi-learn-crochet-stitches-and-techniques-to-create-cute-creatures-with-25-easy-patterns/https://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/knot-bad-amigurumi-learn-crochet-stitches-and-techniques-to-create-cute-creatures-with-25-easy-patterns/In a world where there are so many online links and published books about crochet generally and amigurumi specifically, Vincent Green-Hite’s book stands out. The basics of crochet, including choosing yarns and full-color stitch directions, start the book off similarly to others, but then it digre...Fri, 29 Nov 2024 16:19:00 GMThttps://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/bite-sized-french-pastries-for-the-beginner-baker/https://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/bite-sized-french-pastries-for-the-beginner-baker/Opening Bite-Sized French Pastries for the Beginner Baker is like opening the door to a world of marvelous, mouth-watering desserts. The first thing that caught my attention was the gorgeous color photos that accompany each recipe. As someone who loves to bake and has baked since childhood, Frenc...Thu, 28 Nov 2024 16:45:00 GMThttps://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/after-meat-the-case-for-an-amazing-meat-free-world/https://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/after-meat-the-case-for-an-amazing-meat-free-world/In After Meat: The Case for an Amazing, Meat-Free World, Karthik Sekar makes a strong case for the likelihood of humanity eschewing animal technology (i.e., the use of animals for food, clothing, medicine, or cosmetics) in the relatively near future. Rather than animal products, it will be possib...Wed, 27 Nov 2024 16:47:00 GMThttps://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/the-neurodiversity-edge/https://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/the-neurodiversity-edge/“Harnessing the gifts of neurodiversity promises businesses in different industries a leading edge in innovative and creative problem-solving. Dismantling groupthink is especially important in an increasingly competitive economic landscape. Dunne shares a compelling case for sustaining inclusive,...Tue, 26 Nov 2024 16:34:00 GMThttps://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/bad-jew-a-familys-quest-from-the-minsk-ghetto-to-netanyahus-israel/https://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/bad-jew-a-familys-quest-from-the-minsk-ghetto-to-netanyahus-israel/As a French journalist with Polish forbears, Piotr Smolar’s memoir details his peripatetic career, serving as a reporter for years in Moscow, in Washington, and as the Le Monde senior representative in Jerusalem. Most recently, he writes from Gaza, providing a forceful, emotional new introduction...Mon, 25 Nov 2024 16:06:00 GMThttps://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/the-12-hour-art-expert-everything-you-need-to-know-about-art-in-a-dozen-masterpieces/https://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/the-12-hour-art-expert-everything-you-need-to-know-about-art-in-a-dozen-masterpieces/With its inviting title, I was looking forward to reading a condensed, hopefully enriched treatise on learning to appreciate and further understand art. Unfortunately, this sample is disappointing. In a conversational text style with lots of irritating but supposedly clever quips in the script, t...Fri, 22 Nov 2024 19:56:48 GMThttps://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/snoopys-beagle-scout-tales-peanuts-graphic-novels/https://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/snoopys-beagle-scout-tales-peanuts-graphic-novels/I’ve loved the Peanuts comic strip ever since I was a child, This graphic novel added laughter to my day as I remembered the shenanigans Snoopy and the Peanuts gang would get themselves into. Snoopy’s Beagle Scout Tales is a compilation of five stories plus four Classic Peanuts comic strips from ...Thu, 21 Nov 2024 19:03:12 GMThttps://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/rohan-murthy-has-a-plan-the-kids-in-mrs-zs-class-2/https://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/rohan-murthy-has-a-plan-the-kids-in-mrs-zs-class-2/In the second book in the delightful The Kids in Mrs. Z’s Class series, we meet Rohan, another engaging third-grader with big dreams. When Mrs. Z announces a school fundraiser for a new garden, entrepreneurial Rohan sees his chance to launch a pet-sitting business. But there’s just one issue: he’...Wed, 20 Nov 2024 18:01:50 GMThttps://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/buffalo-dreamer/https://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/buffalo-dreamer/Buffalo Dreamer by Violet Duncan is a good book, but also kind of confusing to younger readers. A young Native American girl named Summer goes to spend her summer vacation with her mother’s family in Canada on the reservation. Along the way, she encounters an old woman and starts to have strange ...Wed, 20 Nov 2024 04:09:00 GMThttps://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/lizard-larson-and-the-time-keeper/https://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/lizard-larson-and-the-time-keeper/Action-packed, exciting, and full of surprises, Lizard Larson and the Time Keeper by Gary Natoli is an excellent book choice for middle school and early teenage readers. Told from the perspective of Elizabeth Larson, otherwise known as Lizard, readers are in for a memorable adventure through mult...Mon, 18 Nov 2024 16:03:00 GMThttps://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/star-wars-tribute-to-star-wars/https://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/star-wars-tribute-to-star-wars/The perfect gift for any Star Wars fan, Star Wars: Tribute to Star Wars is a collection of beautiful pieces of art created by Japanese manga artists and illustrators. Each piece of art is accompanied by a description of it by the artist and tells why the artist chose to encapsulate that particula...Fri, 15 Nov 2024 17:18:43 GMThttps://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/the-one-week-writing-workshop-7-days-to-spark-boost-or-revive-your-novel-by-karin-adams/https://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/the-one-week-writing-workshop-7-days-to-spark-boost-or-revive-your-novel-by-karin-adams/About the book: You’ve always wanted to write a novel and have been nurturing a great idea. Perhaps you’ve made a pile of notes—even written several chapters. But as you sit down alone with the blank page or your next scene, nothing happens. Or if the writing does start to flow, it soon dries up....Fri, 15 Nov 2024 11:13:38 GMThttps://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/all-our-ordinary-stories/https://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/all-our-ordinary-stories/Nothing is ordinary about the narratives we encounter in All Our Ordinary Stories, the second graphic memoir by writer and illustrator Teresa Wong. When her mother appears to grow despondent and melancholy after suffering a stroke, Wong contemplates her family’s story of uprooting from Guangzhou,...Thu, 14 Nov 2024 16:27:00 GMThttps://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/what-we-sacrifice-for-magic/https://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/what-we-sacrifice-for-magic/Elisabeth has just graduated but her future has already been mapped out as she is expected to take her grandmother’s place. The path she is meant to take is simple: become the head of her family, marry her high school boyfriend, and stay in town. But she wants more. She longs to understand why he...Wed, 13 Nov 2024 16:36:50 GMThttps://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/pen-pal-special-limited-edition/https://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/pen-pal-special-limited-edition/A thirty-five minute ferry ride outside of Seattle sits Bainbridge Island and the quaint Queen Anne Victorian style home where Michael and Kayla have lived for the past six years. Their life is serene until a tragic boat accident changes everything. Now Kayla finds herself alone on the island, in...Tue, 12 Nov 2024 15:06:50 GMThttps://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/buried-lies-a-novel/https://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/buried-lies-a-novel/Buried Lies is a well-written mystery novel that introduces retired detective and ex-traffic cop Davis Reed. Renting a cabin in Cruso, North Carolina, he ends up getting hired by a wealthy, eccentric couple to investigate a man’s death at a golf course. Prentiss Wells, a local attorney, was found...Mon, 11 Nov 2024 22:40:00 GMThttps://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/a-place-under-the-sun/https://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/a-place-under-the-sun/Henry works as a consultant at Anthony Freckleman, a leading management consulting company. He is well-paid and enjoys his profession, preferring it to accounting, which he found monotonous after working briefly in the finance industry. At work, Henry attempts to maintain friendly connections wit...Fri, 08 Nov 2024 15:21:00 GMThttps://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/american-rapture/https://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/american-rapture/C.J. Leede is back after her disturbingly dark Maeve Fly with a book that goes hard and epic in American Rapture. Readers may be surprised by something quite different, but it is nevertheless engrossing and thrilling. Sophie is a good Catholic girl who has lived something far beyond a sheltered l...Thu, 07 Nov 2024 20:26:02 GMThttps://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/the-crush-of-wine-and-war/https://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/the-crush-of-wine-and-war/The year is 1989 and Sivan Mayr has returned home after a prolonged absence. He is walking the streets of St. Jakob, Austria, and hears words that stir up resentment and anger at events going back to World War II. A man who is being heralded as a hero is nothing more than a rogue […]Wed, 06 Nov 2024 19:35:00 GMThttps://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/as-you-like-it-play-on-shakespeare/https://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/as-you-like-it-play-on-shakespeare/This reader is much prejudiced toward seeing a work as the writer intended; even if the authorship of Shakespeare’s plays remains questioned. The editor of AS YOU LIKE IT is the artistic director of the South Coast Repertory Theater in Costa Mesa. With those credentials, I am sure that he knows h...Wed, 06 Nov 2024 01:53:30 GMThttps://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/bear-at-the-fair/https://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/bear-at-the-fair/What does Bear do at an animal fair? Some animals may not understand why Bear comes ripping through the fair and tearing things down. Then, the animals set a trap to calm him down. Only one animal that meets Bear understands what is wrong, and that is Shrew. Shrew knows that Bear just needs some […]Mon, 04 Nov 2024 15:48:00 GMThttps://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/the-24th-hour-is-this-the-end-a-womens-murder-club-thriller-24/https://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/the-24th-hour-is-this-the-end-a-womens-murder-club-thriller-24/The 24th Hour is the next installment in James Patterson and Maxine Paetro’s Women’s Murder Club Thriller Series. The book starts off with the women in the club at a fancy Bay Area restaurant. They hear a woman yell, “Nooooo!” from upstairs, and immediately, Officer Lindsay Boxer rushes to see wh...Tue, 29 Oct 2024 14:01:00 GMThttps://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/musical-tables-poems/https://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/musical-tables-poems/The works in Billy Collins’ latest collection Musical Tables: Poems are referred to as “small poems” by the author in the introduction. What they really are, though, is an assortment of puns, obvious observations, and downright pointless musings stretched far too thin. The goal of the book may be...Mon, 28 Oct 2024 23:12:12 GMThttps://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/what-you-need-to-be-warm/https://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/what-you-need-to-be-warm/In times of cold and turmoil, it’s easy to forget that the most important thing for some people is warmth. As winter descends, being warm means many things, and it takes on many guises. This small but powerful work attempts to capture the feeling of being warm and what it means to those facing a […]Fri, 25 Oct 2024 09:39:00 GMThttps://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/mother-penguin-poets/https://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/mother-penguin-poets/In what many call “Education for Extinction,” 523 church-run boarding schools took Native American children from their families and attempted to indoctrinate them away from their culture. About 35,000 children were schooled in this way. This poetic narrative details one such child who was raised ...Thu, 24 Oct 2024 22:15:30 GMThttps://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/how-america-works-and-why-it-doesnt-by-william-cooper/https://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/how-america-works-and-why-it-doesnt-by-william-cooper/Book Summary: Americans in the twenty-first century are becoming increasingly untethered from both reality and the essential principles and traditions that have shaped the nation’s historic success. A big part of why America isn’t working is because far too many Americans neither know nor care ho...Thu, 11 Jul 2024 12:21:21 GMThttps://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/part-3-interview-with-ellenmorris-tiegerman-author-of-past-lives-denied/https://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/part-3-interview-with-ellenmorris-tiegerman-author-of-past-lives-denied/Professor Caitlyn Morrys, a passionate and vocal educator at a small college, finds herself at the heart of a fierce debate over academic freedom and teacher tenure. The situation takes a deadly turn when the college President, who is Caitlyn’s primary adversary, is discovered stabbed to death in...Thu, 13 Jun 2024 09:13:09 GMThttps://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/part-9-interview-with-rick-moskovitz-author-of-the-pinocchio-chip/https://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/part-9-interview-with-rick-moskovitz-author-of-the-pinocchio-chip/The Pinocchio Chip is a first-person account of an AI’s quest for the Holy Grail of consciousness: human emotions. It delves deep into the essence of what it means to be alive, challenging the boundaries between AI and human identity. Photina, an advanced AI becomes entwined in a groundbreaking e...Tue, 11 Jun 2024 18:22:00 GMThttps://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/belonging-matters-blog-tour-by-julie-ryan-mcgue-part-7/https://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/belonging-matters-blog-tour-by-julie-ryan-mcgue-part-7/Introducing “Belonging Matters: Conversations on Adoption, Family, and Kinship” by Julie Ryan McGue “Belonging Matters” is a book that addresses adoption and its impact on identity, family, and kinship. It encourages readers to contemplate the significance of belonging in shaping personal experie...Sun, 26 May 2024 15:54:48 GMThttps://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/born-in-space-unlocking-destiny-by-jeremy-clift/https://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/born-in-space-unlocking-destiny-by-jeremy-clift/About the Book: Seven infants, conceived artificially aboard a rotating space habitat as an experiment to populate the solar system. A fugitive mother anointed as an alien Priestess, determined to reunite with her children. A greedy mining boss set on conquering the planets and the loner who stan...Wed, 22 May 2024 13:17:31 GMThttps://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/tree-pose-by-susan-rogers-john-roosen/https://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/tree-pose-by-susan-rogers-john-roosen/About the Book: Escape to Tasmania they said … But what was supposed to be a dream for Ric Peters and Elaina Williams has turned into a nightmare. The Devil’s Island is living up to its name, serving up the ghosts of its dark past, while Ric is haunted by his own demons. The truth […]Mon, 20 May 2024 14:42:19 GMThttps://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/part-11-interview-with-authors-of-fenix-and-the-firework-fliers-a-dance-it-out-creative-movement-story/https://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/part-11-interview-with-authors-of-fenix-and-the-firework-fliers-a-dance-it-out-creative-movement-story/Introducing “Fenix and the Firework Fliers” by Once Upon a Dance, Christine Herbert and Scott Partridge Embark on a thrilling adventure with Fenix, a brave firefly, determined to aid Bolt, a grounded Firework Flier. Together, they journey to the towering heights of the Silver Birch Forest for the...Sun, 19 May 2024 12:30:32 GMThttps://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/little-ships-a-novel-by-sandra-j-scofield/https://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/little-ships-a-novel-by-sandra-j-scofield/About the Book: After adolescent sisters Juni and Tilde Becker wake up one morning to find their mother dead, their grandmothers appear the very next day to scoop up the girls and their inconsolable father, Nick, and take them home to small-town Oregon. The women are full of loving resolve, but g...Wed, 15 May 2024 18:07:21 GMThttps://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/eden-by-jamie-lisa-forbes/https://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/eden-by-jamie-lisa-forbes/About the Book: Rowen Hart has been raised as the pampered son and only child of a prominent family in the small community of White Rock, North Carolina. It’s the 1950s and he’s drifting through the days, following the life path his parents have planned for him and preparing to go away to college...Thu, 25 Apr 2024 18:51:06 GMThttps://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/running-with-grace-a-wall-street-insiders-path-to-true-leadership-a-purposeful-life-and-joy-in-the-face-of-adversity-by-lori-van-dusen/https://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/running-with-grace-a-wall-street-insiders-path-to-true-leadership-a-purposeful-life-and-joy-in-the-face-of-adversity-by-lori-van-dusen/About the Book: Nothing about Lori Van Dusen’s childhood indicated she’d become one of the nation’s top independent financial advisors. She was born prematurely on the wrong side of the tracks and with a genetic blood disorder. Her parents divorced when she and her twin brother were less than a y...Mon, 19 Feb 2024 16:29:34 GMThttps://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/ride-the-snake-road-beamo-roamers-hardcore-jaunt-to-the-wasteland-by-leroy-wow/https://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/ride-the-snake-road-beamo-roamers-hardcore-jaunt-to-the-wasteland-by-leroy-wow/About the Book: Ride The Snake Road is a science fiction novel that tells the story of scavenge man Beamo Roamer. Beamo gets his eyes on an ancient military map that shows the location of the Lost Fort Knox gold but then gets captured by a ruthless motorcycle gang. The gang is run by Beamo’s […]Thu, 08 Feb 2024 16:52:16 GMThttps://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/cats-true-tails-and-life-lessons-from-a-furry-companion-by-pamela-wallin/https://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/cats-true-tails-and-life-lessons-from-a-furry-companion-by-pamela-wallin/About the Book: Cats: Tails and Life Lessons from A Purring Companion is an affectionate and insightful exploration of the deep connections between cats and their human companions. Through a series of personal stories, interviews with cat owners, facts, anecdotes, and adorable photos, Wallin delv...Sat, 27 Jan 2024 08:48:01 GMThttps://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/soulscapes-by-lee-woodman/https://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/soulscapes-by-lee-woodman/About the Book: Soulscapes, the fifth volume in Lee Woodman’s “scapes” series, is an exploration of the way we reach for godliness or soul in our lives and relations. As a seeker who admits, discovers, and ponders all gods, the poet has been influenced by aspects of many faiths-Hindu, Muslim, Jai...Fri, 26 Jan 2024 21:25:09 GMThttps://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/tick/https://cheflalacookbooks.com/posts/tick/Book Summary: In a moment of desperation, Brad Hughes made an impassioned promise to God, but when should his responsibilities end? This question plagues Brad, a widower and owner of a lucrative mining operation, after rescuing twelve-year-old Esther Morgan–a mute, orphaned child in critical cond...Mon, 01 Jan 2024 12:43:08 GMT