Meeting your boyfriend's mother is stressful enough without murder taking centre stageWhen Izzy Paterson—horse trainer, coffee-holic and computer geek—attends a medieval pageant, everyone performs brilliantly—until the star of the show, a Mary Queen of Scots re-enactor, drops dead.With her boyfriend’s mother, Violet MacDonald, cast as the prime suspect, the police think they’ve silenced the critics and aren’t auditioning anyone else for the part of villain. ...

A Secret Santa—with a secret!Security expert for a British bank by day, horse trainer at night, Izzy Paterson is a multi-tasking, dressage-riding, computer whiz with an addiction to strong coffee and a penchant for CSI on Netflix. So when she's handed a perplexing riddle by the Secret Santa at her office Christmas party, she just can't ignore the mystery.Penned by a modern-day Robin Hood, the anonymous rhyme hints at financial misconduct that could put the ...

A daring theft. A reputation in tatters. And a troubling trifle.Scottish horse trainer Izzy Paterson has double trouble to deal with. An audacious financial crime, and a perplexing equine enigma. The victims of both mysteries—the unconventional local vicar and a talented teenager—are innocents caught out by the machinations of dastardly villains.It's a race against time—and some wily criminals—as Izzy tries to track down the perpetrators before the reverend'...

A prize from a princess. Is it worth murder?When Izzy Paterson--horse trainer and computer geek--gets a last-minute entry to the prestigious Royal Highland Show in Edinburgh, she doesn't expect to be tripping over dead bodies. Literally.But in the competitive world of show-jumping, it seems that someone is so determined to win a coveted prize, they'll resort to murder.As the body count rises, suspicions grow exponentially and the show descends into ...

A Secret Santa—with a secret!Security expert for a British bank by day, horse trainer at night, Izzy Paterson is a multi-tasking, dressage-riding, computer whiz with an addiction to strong coffee and a penchant for CSI on Netflix. So when she's handed a perplexing riddle by the Secret Santa at her office Christmas party, she just can't ignore the mystery.Penned by a modern-day Robin Hood, the anonymous rhyme hints at financial misconduct that could put the ...

A prize from a princess. Is it worth murder?When Izzy Paterson—horse trainer and computer geek—gets a last-minute entry to the prestigious Royal Highland Show in Edinburgh, she doesn't expect to be tripping over dead bodies. Literally.But in the competitive world of show-jumping, it seems that someone is so determined to win a coveted prize, they'll resort to murder.As the body count rises, suspicions grow exponentially and the show descends into ch...

A royal castle. A murder. Only one witness: a horseHorse trainer by day, I.T. consultant by night, Izzy Paterson is a classic nerd who’s better with animals than humans. But when a body is found at the feet of a prize stallion in the queen’s summer castle in the Scottish Highlands, Izzy—and her new friend Craig—are in the wrong place at the wrong time, becoming suspects in the murder.In the race to clear their names, Izzy has to employ all her horse whisper...

A royal castle. A murder. The only witness? A horse.Izzy Paterson prefers horses to humans—and spreadsheets to small talk. By day, she trains horses at a Highland estate. By night, she moonlights as an I.T. consultant with a cybercrime past she'd rather keep quiet.But when a body turns up at Balmoral, the Queen’s summer castle, Izzy and her new friend Craig end up in the wrong place at the wrong time—and suddenly find themselves suspects in a royal murder.

A fatal shooting, a vexing vandal, a Christmas conundrum.It's December 1892 and at her father's first house party in the Scottish Highlands in the days before Christmas, aspiring photographer, Persi (never call her by her real name, Lady Persephone Millicent Merrit) takes a lucky—or perhaps unlucky—photograph just as a rich financier is shot. Accidentally.Or was it?When Persi finds evidence that the shooting was intentional, not a tragic mi...

What is Violent Communication?If "violent" means acting in ways that result in hurt or harm, then much of how we communicate—judging others, bullying, having racial bias, blaming, finger pointing, discriminating, speaking without listening, criticizing others or ourselves, name-calling, reacting when angry, using political rhetoric, being defensive or judging who's "good/bad" or what's "right/wrong" with people— c...

Years ago, Wes Stanhope fled his hometown of Charleston to escape the constraints of society and his controlling father, Colonel Robert Lee Stanhope IV. After completing medical school and building a successful practice in pediatric oncology in Seattle, Wes is called home for his mother's funeral and presented with an opportunity to build and run a children's hospital—his mother's legacy—a choice he ultimately makes despite his misgivings about his father's role as chairman of the hospital...

The Nonviolent Communication Book of Quotes shows how the NVC process makes life more wonderful through the joy of compassionate giving.The Nonviolent Communication Book of Quotes by Marshall B. Rosenberg, PhD, brings together gems from books, the internet, and previously unpublished workshops that the creator of NVC offered during his lifetime. This lively compilation will make you laugh and cry, and inspire you to change your life, your work, your world. ...