Just when she thinks her day can’t get any weirder, she finds a baby dragon …Deandra Hendricks works her fingers to the bone at two jobs to keep her Los Angeles apartment. With a rapidly dwindling savings account, the prospects for her future are bleak. So when her cousin invites her to visit Axia—the hidden magical hub their grandparents retired to—she agrees. Deandra doesn’t possess a stitch of magic herself, but a long weekend vacation in a strange new town might be jus...

Tranquil Sitting is the Taoist Master Yin Shi Zi's practical guide and inspirational testament to the healing power and spiritual benefits of meditation and Chinese medical Qigong. The book explores the theory and physiological aspects of meditation and offers practical instruction in traditional meditation techniques. It also documents Yin Shi Zi's personal experiences with meditation, his own self-healing which he attributes to his Taoist practice, and his initiation into the Tibetan tan...

Two ordinary women. Two damaged lives. One friendship that would save them both Kit Mason has lived a life of unimaginable pain. An ex-prostitute, she has fled the clutches of an abusive pimp and now finds herself living hand to mouth in a new city, without anyone to help her. Frances Thornton seems to be living the perfect life. A lawyer from a privileged background, her perfect façade hides the painful secrets that still haunt her.Brou...

How have the modern world, technology and our addiction to information changed who we are? What effect does it have on our relationships, minds and bodies? What can the simple act of sitting still teach us about ourselves?When Tim Parks fails to find a cause for his crippling chronic pain, he turns to meditation. This is, however, not your average self-help book or conversion story; instead, it is a refreshingly honest and profoundly moving introspection of one wri...

Sitting With Your Thoughts is more than a book—it's a journey through the war within.From the haunting voices of trauma to the quiet whispers of truth, Malik Mills guides you through 27 raw, reflective chapters that uncover what it really means to heal, forgive, and become. This isn't about fixing your mind—it's about facing it. Blending personal revelation with spiritual insight, Malik invites you to sit still, question everything, and finally hear the voice that's been drowned out the mo...

“I spent over a decade volunteering and working at Rikers Correctional Facility as their first-ever Mindfulness Coach. It was the most powerful and challenging work I would ever do. This is what I learned…”Oneika Mays will help you heal, improve your communication skills, process forgiveness, discover self-worth while teaching you lovingkindness meditation.Sit with Me invites readers to learn how to:Incorporate metta,...

When Maggie Lee agrees to take her nieces to the traveling carnival, she anticipates cotton candy, rickety rides and games of chance. But when she's recruited by Templeton to take on the owner of the carnival, she ends up scrambling through her most madcap adventure yet!With the help of the menagerie and a couple of "semi-retired" criminals, Maggie heads up the team Templeton needs to exact his petty revenge.This hilarious, low-stakes misadventure is just what our harried h...

Job hunting is a deadly sport.Deandra “Dee” Hendricks is settling into her new life in Axia. She’s got her trusty baby dragon, Havoc, by her side; is sharing an apartment with her best friend and roommate, Wendy; and even has her first pet-sitting client. Things are looking up!Shortly after launching her new website, Dee receives an invitation to a pet-sitter happy hour where she meets Sarah, the owner of Axia’s largest pet-sitting operation. Other attendees includ...

At long last, Lady Rample is about to reunite with her paramour, the American jazz musician, Hale Davis. But, as usual for our intrepid heroine, her arrival in the French Riviera doesn’t go to plan!Laid up with a concussion thanks to a water-skiing incident, Lady Rample discovers that her aristocratic neighbor isn’t quite what he seems. With the help of the usual eccentrics, she’s going to find the truth and prove he’s up to no good. Unless he gets to her first…Lose yoursel...

I've never been a Scrooge, but it's hard to find the Christmas spirit when your boyfriend and your job dump you on the same day. My best friend Shelly thinks she has a better cure for my holiday blues than a cookie binge, though: a trip to the local park's Winter Wonderland, complete with a visit to jolly St. Nick.I don't have high expectations, but when I sit on Santa's lap, I discover he's packing more than a bowl full of jelly under his red suit. And his name may be Nick, but

An Edwardian countess and her housekeeper look into a disastrous dinner party in "a neatly crafted whodunit that drips with diamonds, titles, and scandals" ( Kirkus Reviews).Lady Montfort is thrilled to receive an invitation to a dinner party to celebrate Winston Churchill's thirty-ninth birthday, hosted by her close friend Hermione Kingsley, patroness of England's largest charity. Some of the oldest families in the country have gathered to toast the danger...

Lucky loves and respects his Alpha, and if one of the conditions of being his most trusted wolves means taking care of his Alpha's precious pup, then he is honored to do so.Except he has no idea what he's doing half the time. What is he supposed to do when she starts screaming bloody murder and demanding that she bring back her 'Daddy'? He's pretty certain that he should not be panicking, but all he manages to do is deafen himself in one ear as he lifts her into his arms and try hi...