Dumped by her fiancé and craving a fresh start, Vylette West retreats to the one place she swore she’d never return—her peculiar hometown of Driftwood Cove.But instead of peace and quiet, she impulsively buys the town’s most haunted property: Briggs Manor, a crumbling estate with creaky floors, a ghostly sea captain who doesn’t believe in personal space… and a raven who talks back.Now juggling home repairs and the launch of her new real estate agency, Vylet...

Some real estate agents sell homes. Vylette West negotiates with the dead.Her latest listing—a charming yellow cottage with a rose trellis and one very restless ghost—should have been easy. But the dearly departed owner keeps hijacking open houses, whispering movie quotes at buyers, and knocking over lasagnas.To make matters worse, her business rival is circling like a shark, the mayor seems oddly nervous about what’s on tape, and Morty—the nudist neighbor next door—is dema...

Realtor Vylette West has seen her fair share of quirky listings, but Marshmallow Cottage takes the cake—roses gone wild, whispers in the walls, and a ghostly presence hinting at secrets long buried.When a body washes up on the beach, Driftwood Cove is thrown into a storm of suspicion. Rumors swirl, rivals circle, and everyone seems to want a piece of the past. With a cantankerous raven, a sea captain ghost, and her determined friends by her side, Vylette must follow the trail of cl...

Welcome to a town where the living have secrets, the dead won't stay quiet, and real estate can be murder.Real estate agent Vylette West has seen some challenging properties, but finding a corpse in a million-dollar oceanfront mansion during a bitter divorce? That's a first.Now half her seaside town wants the case closed, the other half wants to gossip about it over coffee, and Detective Jack Sullivan keeps finding excuses to update her on the investigati...

As of 2017, approximately 42.6 million adults over age 45 struggle with feelings of chronic loneliness. Twenty-five percent of the population lives alone, and over 50% of the population is unmarried. Results from a recent study of 300000 participants prove that individuals with weak or non-existent social connections actually increase their risk of early death by up to 50%.That is why this book exists.Inside this book are the stories of 22 women from around the world who, j...

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licenceWomen are at the heart of civil society organisations. Through them they have achieved many successes, challenged oppressive practices at a local and global level and have developed outstanding entrepreneurial activities. Yet Civil Service Organisation (CSO) research tends to ignore considerations of gender and the rich history of activist feminist organisations is rarely examined.This collection examines the nexus between the ...

When the Prince Charming you've never met is too good to be true... he probably is.Vylette thought listing Eleanor's house would be straightforward—until she discovered the real reason for the urgent sale. Eleanor's online boyfriend, a handsome engineer stuck on an oil rig in a faraway country, needs $180,000 to come home. Eleanor has sent him so much money already, and her house is the only thing she's got left to sell.Vylette soon finds out Eleanor isn'...

When Realtor Vylette West takes on a new listing at Lighthouse Bay, she expects a quick sale, not a murder scene. But when the owner’s ex-husband, a notorious gamer and troublemaker, turns up dead with a note saying Game Over, Vylette realizes someone else is holding the controller in this deadly competition.Ronnie Brass had been playing more than just video games. Between his secret stash of stolen Nintendo prototypes, mysterious sticky notes, and a shady online group, it...