Author: laurieboris
If an army marches on its stomach, can a cook win the war? A story about food, friendship, loyalty, courage…and what unites us as the world tries to tear us apart.It’s 2049, in a Russian-occupied America ravaged by civil war. Valerie Kipplander—daughter of the assassinated secretary of state—is thrown in jail. When the regime discovers this daughter of privilege is also a talented culinary … culinary student, she’s forced into service in the kitchen of a Russian general whose troops occupy New York. The general’s mansion proves a prison of a different sort. The head chef has a mysterious past.…
As one of the first female umpires in the minors, Margie puts up with insults and worse from people who think women don’t belong in baseball. Forget making history—Margie just wants to do her job and be part of the game she loves. She’s ready for the rude comments. The lousy pay. The endless traveling. But when she suspects a big-name slugger of cheating, she has to choose: let the dirty player … dirty player get away with it, or blow the whistle and risk her career…and maybe her twin brother’s major-league prospects, too.Now it’s up to Margie to make…