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Scented Dreams, A Novel

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New book publisher Sugar and Spice is quickly establishing itself as a romance novel publisher to watch.  For writers it fills several little-served romantic niches.  For  readers thirsty for page-turning reads, the electronic literature can be downloaded at economical prices.   
 
Most recently, author Jacqueline Turner Banks, created a series of fictional novels for the publisher centered around the remote Dogon Tribe of Mali in West Africa.  Readers learn about the Hunters lives and loves in Scented Lust and the recently released, Scented Dreams, and are taken on an suspenseful journey in which they are immersed in the nuances, complexities, joys and fears of love stories that never fails to surprise.
 
Based on the remote Dogon Tribe of Mali in West Africa, who mapped sections of the solar system centuries before the invention of telescopes, which they claim to have learned from extraterrestrial visitors.  Legend has it the visitors were followed by their enemies, Humanoid bloodsucking beings, who had no natural enemy on Earth.  Subsequently, the Dogon had to create Hunters to track and destroy the Bloodsuckers.
 
From this backdrop, the writer has created an erotic paranormal, interracial romance in Scented Dream with the Dogon tracker Ian, who finds himself on a hunting assignment in the Chicago area.  While there he at least figures he can spend the time visiting the river casinos or getting some much needed rest. That notion changes when he gets his first look at his driver, the strikingly beautiful Nesta. They're catapulted into a whirlwind weekend of danger, mystery, and the possibility of mind-blowing sex.  Before long, Ian realizes the least of his problems are the bloodsuckers he's traveled there to eliminate.  Not just his life, but his sanity is threatened when their growing relationship is discovered by her protector, a very powerful being, and Ian is forced to take a stand.
 
"I highly recommend this book (Scented Dreams) to anyone who wants a very enjoyable and exciting ride. It is a love story with a good mixture of humor, thrills, and sex to give the reader one hell of a good read."                                                            

Angibabi4, Night Owls Reviews
 
Scented Lust (ISBN #978-1448698080) $5.99; Scented Dreams (ISBN #978-1451530438) $6.99
Published by Sugar and Spice Press - http://www.sugarnspicepress.com and available as ebooks and trade paper.  Also, see the web site:  http://www.dogon-hunter.com

A Taste of New Orleans in So. Cal

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New Orleans comes to Southern California for the 17th Annual Long Beach Crawfish Festival on Saturday and Sunday, August 7-8 at the Rainbow Lagoon 400-403 Shoreline Village Drive Long Beach, CA 90802.


Serving up live entertainment alongside delectable Cajun Crawfish dinners, prepared to mouth-watering perfection by Bristol Farms; all the senses will be satisfied. Crawfish feasts include succulent red baby potatoes, buttery corn on the cob and creamy and delectable remoulade dipping sauce.

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For more culinary treats the international food court will feature New Orleans- inspired cuisine, Café du Monde-style chicory coffee and beignets. Families can also enjoy a children’s stage featuring the comedy and magic of Kerry Ross, Storytelling, line dancing, Magicians, Inflatable Impressions, Bounces and FREE E-Souvenir Picture. It’s the largest Mardi-Gras Experiencewest of the Mississippi!

Come out and enjoy eclectic live entertainment mixes of the best Cajun, Brazilian, Zydeco, and New Orleans-style jazz and blues music.

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Confirmed Acts For Saturday, August7th:
Mark St. Mary Louisiana Blues and Zydeco Band, AndreThierry & Zydeco Magic, BluesBox Bayou Band and Bennie & The Swamp Gators

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Confirmed Acts For Sunday, August 8th:
Step Rideau and The Zydeco Outlaws, Leroy Thomas, Bonne Musique Zydeco and Royale Garden Dixieland Band

Hours: Saturday, August 7th: 12noon – 11PM and Sunday, August 8th: 12noon – 10:30PM
 

The Long Beach Crawfish Festival is proudly sponsored by Bristol Farms and the Long Beach Sea Festival.

For more information and to purchase tickets visit www.longbeachcrawfishfestival.com

The Power of Yes Show

It’s compelling. It is a masterpiece of storytellingWhat the popular press had to say..... "This piece is not so much a play proper as an artfully arranged dramatisation of the research that could have led to one...It's honourable, lucid, tenacious, and a little dull."- Paul Taylor for Independent "One wishes that Hare had also given us a bit of human drama." Benedict Nightingale for The Times "It proves yet again that theatre has the capacity to instruct delightfully, and to make sense of the world...Hare's portrayal of capitalism's collapse is engrossing.

Charles Dickens's Christmas

Charles Dickens's Christmas talesOne never tires of Charles Dickens's Christmas tales,but they are told so often it helps to have a little twist to distinguish yours from the crowd. Chris Monks's production carries the unique selling point of a suggestion that Scrooge may have been brought up only a few miles from Scarborough. Stereotypes about tight-fisted Yorkshiremen aside, the facts stack up quite well. Dickens made several research trips.

Who's afraid of T. Kushner?

Marathon of the human heart ... Kirsty Bushell and Mark Emerson in Angels in America at the Lyric Hammersmith. The first time I saw a Tony Kushner play, I was an unwilling audience member who feared being trapped in a theatre on a swelteringly hot summer night for a three-hour snoozathon about Afghanistan. Within 10 minutes, I was enraptured, and it has been that way for me with Kushner ever since. Etiam urna leo, accumsan at sodales vel, eleifend a dui. Praesent vitae elit quam, a blandit enim? Praesent id mauris quis felis fringilla...