Hyacinth Grey has had a quiet life in Gibraltar, managing her father's household and tutoring her young half-brother. One day, a letter arrives with the news that she has inherited a small fortune from her grandmother, an infamous courtesan. She sets sail for England with plans to found a charitable school for girls.Thomas Pently, alias Smithson, is the nephew of a duke, but he ran away from home to try his luck in the East India Company. After a decade there, his mistress was murd...

Health is on a continuum. One day we have it, while the next day it is lost to us. Often, during times of illness or injury, we begin to ask the hard questions: Why did this event befall me or my loved one? Why did God let this happen? Am I hurting because I have sinned, and will God heal me if I pray?. Always the answers lie not so much in the concrete and visible, but rather in the spiritual and the invisible.The medical health care delivery system can do much to relieve our pain...

Confused by compression socks and compression stockings no more!Do you have to wear compression stockings after surgery or for your diabetes or blood sugar problems, leg ulcers, deep vein thrombosis, or pregnancy? Discover how to buy, wear, wash, and use TED stockings and compression stockings, support hose, and compression socks in this handy, easy-to-read guide.Compression Stockings Support Guide provides easy-to-use tips and tricks on how to buy...

LEARN about Lymphedema Management: How to Buy Lymphedema ProductsWhen my mother experienced the massive swelling of lymphatic system swelling (lymphedema) after breast cancer surgery, her doctor recommended sequential compression to reduce the risk of blood clots and alleviate the fluid buildup she experienced. Although the doctors and nurses were very helpful and caring, little information was available about how to go about purchasing lymphedema products. And the...

Are you craving cronuts?Fans of Dominique Allen's trademarked Cronut™ will love these bakery recipes marrying the flaky croissant with the delectable donut that you can try at home!In spring 2013, this dough-y craze took NYC by storm, with reports of Cronut™ aficionados lining up for hours at Dominique Ansel Bakery to snag their own confection that married croissants and donuts. Many went home disappointed (only 300 are made daily), shaking their fists at t...

An intriguing tale of faith, love, and death that spans the generations. When fourteen year old, Amelia Morelli, loses her beloved father in the 9/11 terrorist attack, her near perfect world comes to a stand still.In an attempt to rescue the melancholic Amelia, her Granny Lou, orchestrates a search for the girl's ancestral namesake. The family sleuths travel from their Connecticut home, to the tidewater area of Virginia. With dogged determination, they eventually uncover the truth ...

The Defenders' order is dying, but that's no surprise. They've been in hiding for over a hundred years, and apprentices are getting harder to find – hardly anyone can see the dragons anymore.Eppie is a successful pickpocket. She keeps her cache – and her ability to see the dragons – well hidden. One day she picks the wrong pocket, and the next thing she knows she’s been brought in to a mysterious secret order of swordsmen and swordswomen. She’s their last apprentice, their last hop...

4 year old Zoe asks her grandmother, "Granfoo" an important question about who made the sky. Granfoo offers Zoe gospel hope as she shares God's great love story.

Darna is just a guildswoman, or so she’d like to think, but her alleged father was the prince of a backwater province. Her uncle assassinated him to claim the throne, and now he's coming after her.With assassins on her heels, Darna takes on a job in the remote province of Slaradun. The prince is irate to find that this limping woman has replaced the able-bodied man he hired, but according to the contract, he’s stuck with her for the season. Darna finds the prince arrogant and high-...

Myril’s world is sinking before her eyes. Foreign ships flood into the harbor and Anamat’s citizens flee across the sea while the governor helps foreign emissaries steal from the city’s guilds.The guildmaster enlists Myril to help save the Chronicles of Anamat from the pillagers and their local allies. Her old friend Darna returns to the city strangely pregnant – if that’s what it is. She’s also about to become the ruler of Tiadun. Meanwhile Iola, the ambassadress, is determined to...

The dragon flying over Tiadun bay is the only thing that Darna loves in the provinces, and she’s also the only person she knows of who can see it. There’s nothing else she likes about life at Tiadun keep. When she learns that she might be the daughter of the prince, she’s afraid she’ll be trapped there forever so she flees to the city of Anamat. In the city, there will be others who can see the dragons, or so the minstrels say.Along the way, she meets Myril, an older girl with freq...

My father was the keeper of the Eddystone LightSlept with a mermaid one fine night.From this union there came three:A porpoise, a porgie and the other was me.Jack studies accountancy, lives with his maiden aunt in an upright Victorian household, and smells like a fish. The fishy smell drives girls away faster than they can be introduced.When Jack visits his father at the Eddystone lighthouse, he discovers that his ...