Blakely Moore thought early retirement would be easy. Instead, she’s nursing a broken heart and living in a twenty-nine-foot trailer with her dog, Mabel, and three meddling best friends.Then someone starts stalking the seasonal campers and all signs point to Steph, one of Blakely’s closest friends.When Blakely’s loathsome former mentor buys the campground, things go from bad to worse. And when a woman’s body is found at the bottom of a gorge, it dredges up memories of the o...

When scandal forces professor Mary Ellen Montgomery and her wife Addy to leave their glamorous San Francisco life behind, they find themselves starting over in rural New York. Their fresh start comes with a beautiful historic stone house and a talented contractor named Amelia, whose passion for restoration ignites more than just home improvements.As the three women work to rebuild the house, they unknowingly lay the foundation for a complex web of emotions, desires, and secrets. Bu...

Quinn O'Reilly never thought she would be wrapped up in the world of the mafia, dead or alive, but there she was. It wasn't something she set out to do, or went to college for, but one day, she became the broker for spirits of the criminal kind having to fulfill their unearthly requests. And while the villainous souls searched her out, the live crooks found her as well. As the two worlds collided, her life turned upside down when she discovered her biological father was the boss of a New Y...

Eleanor's spirit is doing a lot of griping in Quinn's funeral home. She was the wife of a member of the Mafia who was murdered several years prior and now she wants something from Quinn. Her best friend nicknamed her "Mafia magnet" since this is the second spirit to contact her who is connected to the mob. She knows she is destined to a life of answering their ghostly requests but she wonders if all the spirits that contact her will always be on the wrong side of the law.Once again...

Once again, Quinn hears the whispers of the dead, but when it follows her on a trip to New York City with Andjela and Chaz to help her parents find a missing girl, Quin realizes the whisper is that of the missing girl, Sofia.The niece of Eleanor, the last spirit to elicit Quinn's help, Sofia had somehow gotten mixed up in her family's Mafia mess. Now she is dead.Quinn summons Mr. Princeton and Chester to New York City to help them communicate with Sofia. Together, they must f...

From pragmatic librarians finding unexpected connections to visitors discovering more than just books, Whispers in the Stacks: An Anthology of Library Love Stories explores love in quiet corners and among towering bookshelves. Whether it’s the charm of a late-night study session turning into a subtle flirtation, or a librarian uncovering a spy lurking between the stacks, this anthology proves that even in the most orderly places, romance can write its own unpredictable story.Storie...

The world of the dead comes naturally to Quinn. She owns a funeral home complete with the ghost of a young girl that tells Quinn she is not leaving. She has a specter residing in her apartment that sends her messages by rearranging the contents of her dining room.The problem? Quin is often contacted by the souls of the dead who want her to fulfill their request, except the spirits who contact her are all on the criminal side of life—part of the Mafia, and with them come the living m...

Karma Johnson has spent her entire adult life working to become a member of FBI's Child Abduction Rapid Deployment team. She's earned her transfer to CARD, but when she's caught up in the kidnapping of an infant from a festival, she learns what it's like to be the victim. Pretending she's a teen keeps her alive while trying to get herself and the baby to safety.But the kidnapping only scratches at the surface of a far more nefarious scheme, one that will test Karma's skills, her pa...

Darby Quinn has a bone to pick with Cinderella. Burned one too many times by ex-boyfriends, Darby has lost all belief in the happily-ever-after that the fairy-tale princess promised her. She's sworn off love, Prince Charmings, and happy endings and she's happy about it. Really. Or at least she was…until she met Jake, her gorgeous neighbor and the manager of her favorite restaurant. But Darby has rules about dating, ones she's culled from her years spent with so-called "princes," a...

'I wish I had a dog . . . It could be a big dog or a little one. It could be any colour or breed. Just most of all I'd like a hearing dog.'Eleven-year-old Jake is dreading his new school. No one understands how hard it is for him to make friends.But then Jake meets Echo. Echo is a stray puppy, training to be a hearing dog. With Echo by his side, Jake's confidence grows.But then something terrible happens and Jake and Echo are separa...

The young girl you have found isn’t the first experiment I’ve carried out. She won’t be the last.A tense, unpredictable crime debut that will not only have you gripped, but will chill you to the bone. Perfect for fans of Stuart MacBride and Mark Billingham.A serial killer is stalking the streets of Liverpool, gruesomely murdering victims as part of a series of infamous, unethical and deadly psychological experiments.When it becomes apparent that each victim has ties...

The beloved classic about friendship—a Newbery Honor Book!Frog and Toad are best friends—they do everything together. When Toad admires the flowers in Frog's garden, Frog gives him seeds to grow a garden of his own. When Toad bakes cookies, Frog helps him eat them. And when both Frog and Toad are scared, they are brave together. School Library Journal called this story collection from Arnold Lobel "a masterpiece of child-styled humor and sensitivity."Winner of the Newbery H...