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Keep Calm and Do the Snoopy Dance

Posted on October 5, 2025 by Reluctant Retiree

Bring to your heart the joy Snoopy feels when he dances with this collection of uplifting quotes and comics starring everyone’s favorite beagle.

Snoopy is the quintessential cartoon dog smile-bringer. From his bantering with Woodstock to his fantasy life, it’s no wonder that he’s the most popular Peanuts cartoon character! And he’s never more endearing than when he’s expressing his ultimate joy of life by doing his happy dance (much to Lucy’s dismay!).

In the Keep Calm and Carry On tradition of keeping a stiff upper lip, Keep Calm and Do the Snoopy Dance urges you to maintain peace by celebrating the happiness of dance and being grateful for all the joys that there are in life.

More than 100 quotes and sayings are included in this charming book, highlighted with cartoons showing Snoopy in all his dancing splendor.

Quotes include:

“To those of us with real understanding, dancing is the only pure art form!” —Snoopy

“I want women to be liberated and still be able to have a nice ass and shake it.” —Shirley MacLaine

“Will you, won’t you, will you, won’t you, will you join the dance?” —Lewis Carroll“Everything in the universe has rhythm. Everything dances.” —Maya Angelou

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Posted on October 4, 2025October 5, 2025 by Reluctant Retiree

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The Gingerbread Bakery

Posted on October 4, 2025October 3, 2025 by Reluctant Retiree

The highly anticipated new Dream Harbor romance from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Pumpkin Spice Café!

‘All the makings of a top tier Hallmark movie that happens to include a nice dash of spice’—People on the Dream Harbor series

‘If you like steamy, small-town romance, then global bestselling author Laurie Gilmore should definitely be your go-to’—Fabulous Magazine

Every book in the Dream Harbor series can be read as a standalone.

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As owner of her beloved Gingerbread Bakery, Annie Andrews should have a love life to match her business; sugary and sweet. But instead, she’s locked in a game of words with the irritatingly upbeat bar owner down the street.

Mac Sullivan has everything he wants, except the girl he dreams of. It’s easier to argue with Annie than get her to talk to him but with Jeanie and Logan’s wedding coming up, they’re about to spend a lot more time together.

As the snowflakes fall and with romance in the air, will Annie see that the one she loves to hate might just be her perfect match after all?

The Gingerbread Bakery is a cozy romantic novel with an enemies to lovers dynamic, small-town setting and a HEA guaranteed!

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Enemies to lovers
Found family
Small Town
Forced Proximity

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The Strawberry Patch Pancake House

Posted on October 3, 2025October 2, 2025 by Reluctant Retiree

Fall in love with Laurie Gilmore’s #1 New York Times bestselling cozy seasonal romance set in Dream Harbor! 🍓

‘Never want this series to end!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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Every book in the Dream Harbor series can be read as a standalone.

As a world-renowned chef, single dad Archer never planned on moving to a small town, let alone running a pancake restaurant. But Dream Harbor needs a new chef, and Archer needs a community to help raise his daughter, Olive.

Iris has never managed to hold down a job for more than a few months. So when it’s suggested that Archer is looking for a live-in nanny, she almost runs in the opposite direction.

Now, Iris finds herself in a whole new world. One where her gorgeous new boss lives right across the hall and likes to cook topless… Keeping everything strictly professional should be easy, right?

The Strawberry Patch Pancake House is a cozy romantic mystery with a single dad and found family dynamic, a small-town setting and a HEA guaranteed!

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