Jane Bond loved her job as an elementary school librarian. But then her life got sidetracked by digging up the AI Pilot of a 140 million year old spacecraft. Now, she's running all over the world looking for spaceship parts, getting shot at, falling in and out of love and trying to keep her friends from thinking she's crazy. Not only that, but the ship she's helping to recover starts sounding more like the Death Star than the Millennium Falcon. When did life get so complicated? A fun read with Bond-style gadgets, action, adventure, an alien intelligence for a sidekick and a little romance thrown in for good measure.

Sometimes the Best Bond for a Job is a Jane ... Jane Bond. "What's the story on Bond?" "Your man is a homicidal depressive paranoiac," the doctor reported. "I know that. I want to know what's wrong with him! And be straight with me, man. No medical mumbo jumbo." "He's lost his nerve." N. had suspected as much. After a long while spent staring at the jagged skyline of London, N. came to a decision. He had no other choice but to go through with Pumpernickel's ridiculous plan. Enter Bond, Jane Bond, James's lesbian twin sister and haoless bookstore employee, who steps in to masquerade as her brother at an awards ceremony with the queen. But when the dastardly Sons of Britain (S.O.B.s), a nefarious fraternity plotting to bring the Duke and Duchess of Windsor back to power, show up, it's up to some unexpected heros to save the day. The Powder Puff Girls -- makeup salespersons by day, secret agents by night -- step in to secure the future of Britain while Jane keeps her brother's reputation intact...both in and out of the bedroom!

It was March of 2017, and I was about to close one of the biggest deals of my real estate career. This was a volatile deal. These particular buyers had already walked away from the negotiations four times, so nothing was guaranteed at the table, especially my seat, which was always the first to go.When you are about to close the deal of a lifetime, you are scared to death and somewhat numb. Why? Because you know that at any moment, your life could change financially forevermore. Or the shit could hit the fan and the deal could go right down the drain, along with you finally solidifying yourself as a top dog agent in your market. Then you realize no matter which way the pendulum swings, you have to get up and do this shit all over again, because you're only as good as your last deal!

When elementary school librarian Jane Bond dug the piece of ancient spacecraft out of the Montana basalt, she had no idea what she was getting herself into.Now, some three years later, the pilot of the ship is one of her best friends, and an enemy from 140 million years in the past has surfaced.Jane's been catapulted into a conflict between helping her alien friend become more human and avoiding being killed by an intelligence steeped in millions of years of resentment.It's all gotten so complicated that even maple-bacon waffles for breakfast won't help!

Cages and robots and zombies, oh my! Jane went to sleep for a long time. But then she woke up, and that's when the fun started. Once upon a time, there was a girl named Jane. Jane Bond. Jane was a librarian in a small town in Washington State. Then she found a space ship and had lots of adventures and wound up saving the world. At least once or twice. But, this story's not really about that Jane. This story's about another Jane Bond. The one that showed up at the end of "Some Assembly Required." She went to sleep for a long time, but like Sleeping Beauty, she woke up. And then the fun started. Cages and robots and zombies, oh my! Also, monster trucks in Australia and huge space ships. And car snacks. And Olive made maple-bacon waffles. And pancakes. You're gonna love this one.

In this sequel to Jane Bond, Jane finds some very interesting things in the basement left behind when Kit went away. Among them is a fully operational space ship. Of course, the catch is, how can Jane fly it? Once Jane overcomes that hurdle, she and her friends are on the way again - and a new friend by the name of Olive comes along to pilot the ship - and make pancakes. Who knew pancakes were so important! But - will pancakes be enough to deal with what lies on the Dark Side of the Moon?

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