Murder, Mayhem and Mama
BEING A MAMA IS HARD. BUT THE JOB’S EVEN TOUGHER WHEN YOU’RE DEAD . . .
Cali McKay’s mama isn’t ready to pass over to the “other side” yet. Her unlucky-in-love daughter needs her now more than ever. Before Mama can chain-smoke her way to heaven, she’s gotta make sure Cali’s ex deadbeat boyfriend doesn’t get her daughter killed.
GRIEF SUCKS. LOVE HEALS . . .
Cali lost her mom to cancer. Detective Brit Lowell lost his partner to murder. Now he’s in the mood to take down some dirtbags, and Cali’s ex just happens to be a dirtbag leaving a trail of dead bodies behind him.
Midnight Marriage (Roxton Family Saga Book 1)
1760s England and France: Based on real events, a hasty midnight marriage establishes a dynasty.
Just twelve years old, and drugged with laudanum to make her compliant, Deborah Cavendish is woken in the middle of the night and married off to a distraught boy not much older than herself.
Years later, Deb stumbles across a wounded duelist in the forest, and it is love at first sight. Deb has no idea the wounded duelist is in truth her noble husband Julian Hesham, Marquess of Alston, returned to England after years in exile to claim his wife.
Remaining incognito, Julian is determined Deb will fall in love with him, not his title, and sets out to woo her before she can be seduced by a persistent suitor with ulterior motives.
Non-Fiction Writing Machine – How to Write a Book in 5 1/2 Days in 3 SIMPLE Steps
How to Write a Book in 5 ½ days in 3 SIMPLE Steps
“Is it even possible?”
Yes, it is possible. I did this with my first book. You can do this too.
11 Habits of Highly Ineffective Writers
— No matter how hard they try, some people cannot write a book at all. The reason could be one of the 11 habits they have.
— This book explains each one of these EVIL habits and MIRACULOUS solutions to eradicate them so that you can write your first book.
— You cannot start your first book until you know these BAD habits and remove them for good.
Not Another Soldier
Falling for my late-husband’s best friend was never a good idea.
Especially when he’s so hard to resist.
I’m done being a military wife. I’ve moved on. But the past keeps dragging me back and it’s Nick is impossible to stay away from. So what if he’s a sexy soldier who’s determined to take care of me? Surely I’ve learned from my disastrous marriage that I can’t handle military life.
But now I’m scared. Someone is trying to hurt me and I don’t know why. The only person I can turn to is Nick. And he’ll do everything he can to keep me safe.
He’ll also do anything to make me his.
Forever Just Us
The reunion is over, but the feelings are still there.
Caroline Carter went back to Nashville, but half of her heart is still in Pennsylvania with the man she never stopped loving. Ethan Brooks.
Ethan can’t get Caroline out of his head. He books a flight to see if there’s anything left for them to build a new relationship with.
Secrets are revealed and truths that Ethan isn’t sure he can live with. No, she isn’t the Caroline he fell in love with all those years ago, but she sacrifices herself for him and their band. No matter how hard he tries, he can’t seem to stop loving her.
With love on the line, will it be forever for Caroline and Ethan or will her secrets be too much for them to overcome?
Dog Gone: A Sam Holden Novel
A horribly murdered dog. A woman at a crossroads in her life.
Samantha Holden finds the tortured body of a dog, launching her on a battle against animal abuse. The line between right and wrong quickly blurs, leading her down the path of bringing these abusers to justice. A path which calls for extraordinary – and sometimes illegal – measures.
A modern day animal-avenger version of Robin Hood, Sam turns to robbery to fund her illegal projects. A mob family retiree, a housebound social media whiz, and a gorgeous Irishman who fences the things she steals, all are linked together in the search for the man who started it all.
Game Changer
What if it were possible to upload years of knowledge into your mind in hours? To become expert in multiple scientific fields, become an MD, or learn several languages — in a single day? The benefit to humanity would be immense. But this would not be without its perils.
Rachel Howard is a brilliant neuroscientist trying to make this capability a reality. But when she crosses paths with Kevin Quinn, a Secret Service agent desperate to kill the president, she finds herself at the epicenter of an insidious and far-reaching plot. A plot centered on the ultimate game changer. An utterly disruptive scientific breakthrough with the greatest power to transform civilization the world has ever seen.
The Power of Positive Thinking: 10 Traits for Maximum Results
An international bestseller with over five million copies in print, The Power of Positive Thinking has helped men and women around the world to achieve fulfillment in their lives through Dr. Norman Vincent Peale’s powerful message of faith and inspiration.
In this phenomenal bestseller, “written with the sole objective of helping the reader achieve a happy, satisfying, and worthwhile life,” Dr. Peale demonstrates the power of faith in action. With the practical techniques outlined in this book, you can energize your life—and give yourself the initiative needed to carry out your ambitions and hopes.
Four Winds of Love: Sixty Years, Three Countries, One Woman and Four Voices Echoing Her Love Story
Can a child ever recover lost memories and finally know the truth about his parents? This story begins in Paris in the thirties and ends in Israel in the nineties. It is told through four voices, whose lives and loves intertwine through a complex of feelings, secrets, and loyalties: Yakir, the cultured translator, and Jacob, the small town school teacher, are both involved back and forth in Betty’s life. Her son, the deserted, innocent witness, will later reconstruct the pieces, glued together by memories.
1492: The Year the World Began
1492: The Year the World Began is a look at one of the most fascinating years in world history, the year when many believe the modern world was born. Historian Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, author of Millennium, covers such iconic figures as Christopher Columbus and Alexander Borgia and explores cultures as diverse as that of Spain, China, and Africa to tell the story of 1492, a momentous year whose lessons are still relevant today
Voices of a People’s History of the United States, 10th Anniversary Edition
Selected testimonies to living history—speeches, letters, poems, songs—offered by the people who make history happen, but are often left out of history books: women, workers, nonwhites. Featuring introductions to the original texts by Howard Zinn.
New voices featured in this 10th Anniversary Edition include Chelsea Manning, speaking after her 35-year prison sentence); Naomi Klein, speaking from the Occupy Wall Street encampment in Liberty Square; a member of Dream Defenders, a youth organization that confronts systemic racial inequality; members of the Undocumented Youth movement, who occupied, marched, and demonstrated in support of the DREAM Act; a member of the Day Laborers movement; Chicago Teachers Union strikers; and several critics of the Obama administration, including Glenn Greenwald, on governmental secrecy.
Gardening with Foliage First: 127 Dazzling Combinations that Pair the Beauty of Leaves with Flowers, Bark, Berries, and More
Create a foliage-driven garden that dazzles!
Although seductive, flowers, by their fleeting nature, are a fickle base to provide long-lasting gardens with year-round interest. Tackle this problem with the advice in Gardening with Foliage First. Learn how to first build a framework of foliage and then layer in flowers and other artistic elements as the finishing touches. This simple, recipe-style approach to garden design features 127 combinations for both sunny and shady gardens that work for a variety of climates and garden challenges.
The Gardener’s Guide to Cactus: The 100 Best Paddles, Barrels, Columns, and Globes
When it comes to garden plants, cacti are anything but standard issue. The bulk of home gardens contain exactly zero species of cactus, and the thought of growing them makes gardeners think, “Ouch!” In The Gardener’s Guide to Cactus: The 100 Best Paddles, Barrels, Columns, and Globes, Scott Calhoun is out to change that perception, and bring the beauty and ease of cactus home. It’s high time that cacti took their place alongside the trendy succulent.
The Big F
Danielle’s plans for the future were all figured out… until she failed senior English and her single college acceptance was rescinded. Determined to get her life back on track, Danielle enrolls in her hometown community college with a plan: pass English and get back into Ohio State—and her mother’s good graces. Romance isn’t on her radar… until she reconnects with her childhood crush and golden boy next door, Luke.
Between family drama, first love and finding her own way, Danielle can’t help but feel a little overwhelmed. Thankfully she has her friendship with the snarky and frustratingly attractive Porter, her coworker at the campus bookstore, to push her to experience new things and help keep her afloat.
The Red Rooster Cookbook: The Story of Food and Hustle in Harlem
Southern comfort food and multicultural recipes from the New York Times best-selling superstar chef Marcus Samuelsson’s iconic Harlem restaurant.
When the James Beard Award-winning chef Marcus Samuelsson opened Red Rooster on Malcolm X Boulevard in Harlem, he envisioned more than a restaurant. It would be the heart of his neighborhood and a meet-and-greet for both the downtown and the uptown sets, serving Southern black and cross-cultural food. It would reflect Harlem’s history. Ever since the 1930s, Harlem has been a magnet for more than a million African Americans, a melting pot for Spanish, African, and Caribbean immigrants, and a mecca for artists.
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