“There are times when I truly believe humanity will not survive.”

Some of the last words spoken to Detective Lara Keen by her Criminal Investigations Bureau partner Carl Forrester before he died. They have haunted her ever since.

With a spate of murders to solve, a tip-off about suspicious activities in a popular sex club, and the return into her life of the one man she never wanted to trust again, Lara’s world becomes darker and much more sinister indeed. Having to rely on HEAT, Hauraki Emergency Assistance Team, Chief Investigator Damon Michaels in order to discover the reason behind a grisly body in a car boot fire just proves how disturbing Lara’s life has become… on so many levels.

If practice makes perfect, I should excel at pretending that Heath Miller doesn’t affect me. That I’m immune to that wide jaw, taut body, and the unique woodsy-aftershave-engine-oil scent that makes my ovaries explode.

Since before I could walk, he’s been my champion. My best friend. The one problem I can’t solve. Why? If I tell him I love him, I’ll lose him and his adorable daughter. Maybe the best Christmas gift I can give him—and myself—is to turn in the keys to my B&B and put some distance between us.

The end of “Aladdin of the Lamp” finds the cunning Aladdin ruler of a great kingdom. Now, many years have passed. Aladdin is older, richer and wiser… and heart broken, and after losing his beloved wife and son to foul play, he resigns from being king and sets out to do what he does best.

Now working as an anonymous relic hunter using the name Niddala (Aladdin spelled backwards), he’s hired by a desperate noble woman named Jewel to rescue her kidnapped son. Prince Zeyn, a powerful wizard from the magical land of Djinnland, has designs on Aladdin’s kingdom, and Jewel’s son is to be the final piece of a bloody plot to rule two worlds.

They’ve been secretly in love with each other for a year. Now, it’s Christmas and there’s mistletoe involved.
A year ago, Savannah Hayes was paired with Bryce Foster at the Wallace Advertising Firm. Since then, they’ve been the dynamic duo, landing clients with their creativity and out of the box thinking. They’ve also been secretly in love with each other and neither have been brave enough to confess.

When a bet with a friend leads Bryce to ask Savannah out on a real date, it’s soon obvious that simply working together will no longer do. Will the winning kiss under the mistletoe be the push they’ve needed to tell each other the truth?

It was only supposed to be one night of bliss before my big meeting.

But, I never expected to run into my one-night stand the next morning as I pitched my proposal.
And I never expected his counter proposal…a fake engagement.
The holidays are not jolly this year. After losing my job, they’re downright depressing. It’s all good, I take that big lump of coal, and turn it into an opportunity to get my homemade soaps into Mountain Goat Resort. I just need to convince Graham Steele, the owner.
If I can nail this deal, everything will be merry and bright.
Things veer out of control when I end up nailing a sexy stranger at the resort the night before my big meeting. Before I know it, I’ve got a fake fiancé and twelve days to spend pretending with his family.

Kat is heir to a brutal empire…

…but the last thing she wants to do is rule.

When the day she’s been dreading finally arrives, she is torn between her royal duties and a magical destiny.

Who are the Guardians?

What do her mysterious dreams mean?

Who killed her father?

How deep do the secrets run and who is pulling the strings?

Will Kat choose true love and risk certain war, or accept an arranged marriage with a man three-times her age?

With only a wyvern and a messenger boy as her friends, Kat is forced to embark on a magical adventure to seek out the mysterious Guardians.

North Carolina, 1941. Among the wind-swept Outer Banks, Killakeet Island is home to a peaceful community of fishermen, clam stompers, oyster rakers, and a few lonely Coast Guard sailors. Dominating the tiny island landscape is the majestic Killakeet Lighthouse, which has been overseen by the Thurlow family for generations. But now Josh Thurlow, the Keeper’s son, has chosen another path . . .

Seventeen years ago, Josh lost his younger brother at sea. Still wracked with guilt, he searches relentlessly for him as commander of a Coast Guard patrol boat. But Josh’s obsession with the past is complicated by the arrival of a beautiful stranger—and a foreign enemy. In Killakeet to escape the outside world, Dosie Crossan has stirred Josh’s heart. Meanwhile, a wolfpack of German U-boats has arrived to soak the island’s beaches with blood and oil.

When beautiful Kate Mayhew is hired as chaperone to Marquis of Wingate Burke Traherne’s headstrong daughter Isabel, the Marquis finds himself in an impossible predicament. Torn between the knowledge that she is exactly what Isabel needs but also, for him, the worst possible temptation, he finds himself in constant proximity with someone who threatens his independence.

Known for his steely self-control since the day he caught his wife with a lover, Lord Wingate has vowed never to risk marriage again. In accepting his lordship’s offer of employment, the feisty Kate faces two perils; her wild attraction to a man who has sworn off love, and a date with her own scandalous past . . . which she cannot keep secret forever.

Sewing with precut strips makes quilting a snap! Your favorite jelly rolls plus easy-to-follow patterns equal a beautiful handmade quilt in no time.

Master the use of 2 1/2”-wide precut strips with these delightful blocks, all featuring Jelly Rolls. Precut strips are perfect for beginners because they’re incredibly easy to work with and versatile. If you’re new to quilting, start here, and you’ll be amazed at what you can do with just one roll.

This book contains 20 quilt blocks and patterns with accompanying quilts! Go beyond the Jelly Roll Race! Make dynamic and fun blocks with 2 1/2”-wide strips
20 blocks ideal for Jelly Roll, Rolie Polies, and Bali Pops hand-selected by the precut experts at Missouri Star Quilt Company
20 quilts for 20 blocks! Each block as an accompanying quilt; yardage and instructions included
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After World War II, the American automobile industry was reeling. Having spent years building tanks and airplanes for the army, the car companies would need years more to retool their production to meet the demands of the American public, for whom they had not made any cars since 1942.

And then in stepped Preston Tucker. This salesman extraordinaire from Ypsilanti, Michigan, had built race cars before the war, and had designed prototypes for the military during it. Now, gathering a group of brilliant automotive designers, engineers, and promoters, he announced the creation of a revolutionary new car: the Tucker ’48, the first car in almost a decade to be built fresh from the ground up. Tucker’s car would include ingenious advances in design and engineering that other car companies could not match. With a rear engine, rear-wheel drive, a safety-glass windshielf that would pop out in case of an accident, a padded dashboard, independent suspension, and automatic transmission, it would be more attractive and aerodynamic—and safer—than any other car on the road.