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The Warm Hands of Ghosts
Historical fantasy
The Warm Hands of Ghosts
Decorated Canadian nurse Laura Iven returns home wounded from the Great War and receives contradictory evidence that her soldier brother Freddie has died in Belgium. Refusing uncertainty, she volunteers at a private hospital near the front and searches haunted trenches for the truth. Freddie's earlier ordeal with a wounded German soldier leads toward a mysterious hotelier whose enchanted wine offers traumatized men oblivion at a terrible price. Haunting and compassionate, this historical fantasy suits readers who can handle battlefield suffering and who appreciate sibling devotion, supernatural bargains, and a war story concerned with memory as both torment and proof of humanity.
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World War I violence and mass death; graphic battlefield injuries; death and grief; missing soldiers; psychological trauma; addiction/drug use; frightening ghosts/supernatural imagery; romantic content.
Alcohol-Free Pour
Midnight Cherry Shrub
Dark cherry and a touch of maple meet a lively vinegar tang, then sparkle over ice. A midnight sip with a little bite.
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- Stir the cherry juice, apple cider vinegar, and maple syrup until the syrup dissolves. Pour over ice in a highball glass, top with sparkling water, and stir gently.
- Garnish: Fresh cherries or a rosemary sprig.
- Glassware: Highball glass.
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Garden Chardonnay
For adults of legal drinking age. Please drink responsibly.
A gently sweet pour suits a little enchantment and an escape from the everyday.
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- Pour chardonnay into an appropriate wine glass and serve at the recommended temperature.
- Garnish: None.
- Glassware: Wine glass.
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