Fresh start? Check. Quirky neighbors? Check. Finding a dead body? Absolutely NOT in the plan.Forty-something divorcee Anne Freemont traded her high-pressure city life for the charming mountain town of Carolan Springs, Colorado. Her plan: renovate a Victorian fixer-upper, breathe some fresh mountain air, and enjoy zero drama.Then a runaway chicken changes everything.When Anne's goofy and sweet neighbor, Kandi, is accused of murdering the neighborhood...

A cozy mystery where Texas grit, homemade pie, and quiet faith meet small-town secrets.Hospice nurse Christie Taylor trades hospital hallways for hay bales and returns home to Texas, thinking she’s there to rest, help Pop, and finally have time to try out some pie recipes. What she finds instead is a community with long memories, a mystery that keeps pulling her in, and people who became family before she’d quite noticed it happening. Set against the warm, wide...

A journey through heaven and earth for the questing mind. Navigating from the clockwork music of the spheres to the “melismatic celebration of disaster” that is the blues, these are poems that map the places where orderly cosmic harmony and dissonance converge.“If only the world were as orderly as Bach, if there were no need for gospel, no need for jazz, no need for the blues.” As Anthony Walton writes, centuries ago, Johannes Kepler observed that the univ...

In this “sure-fire all-American success story” (The New York Times Book Review), the founder of Wal-Mart describes the inspiration, heart, and optimism that propelled him to build the largest retailer in the world.“[A] wise and inspiring autobiography—Walton tells his quietly fantastic story with conviction and makes no bones about his mistakes.”—San Francisco ChronicleMeet a genuine American folk hero cut from the homespu...

A Relaxing Pet-sitting Gig in Mexico... Until Danger Strikes at DawnViviane Masters is celebrating her sixties with a new lease on life as a globetrotting pet-sitter. But her inaugural assignment in a sleepy ex-pat town in Mexico turns sinister when threatening notes appear at the casa.Against her daughter’s wishes, the spunky senior has embarked on this adventure seeking excitement and freedom. But Viviane quickly senses a dark undercurrent in the seemingl...

Chicken Culprit Small-town cozy mystery: Runaway chicken + grumpy sheriff + nosy new neighbor = the fresh start nobody planned for!Cordial Killing Victorian Inn cozy mystery: College reunion + blizzard + murder = page-turner!Honey Homicide Colorado arson mystery: Suspicious fires + wrongly accused sheriff + amateur sleuth with zero authority = combustible chemistry and a killer on the loose!Perfect for reade...

Piranesi meets Swordspoint in an elegant relay race through fantasy Venice from Hugo award-winning author Jo WaltonThe Serenissima is built from mist and belief, a mythical shadow sister to Venice and crossroads of the nine worlds.When a laborer called Tiry has a dream that Serenissima will have a doge, and that they will marry the sea, he tells it to a fortune teller named Khadsha. She tells her apprentice, a gondolier called Taddeo, who ...

Updating and expanding upon his previous work on origins, this riveting volume from John H. Walton marks the eighth entry in his bestselling Lost World Series, which has sold more than 125,000 copies.For over a decade, JohnWalton's books The Lost World of Genesis One and The Lost World of Adam and Eve have shaped readers' understanding of the ancient Near Eastern world and its implications for modern scientific origins debates. But more than simpl...

'It doesn't matter. I have books, new books, and I can bear anything as long as there are books.'Fifteen-year-old Morwenna lives in Wales with her twin sister and a mother who spins dark magic for ill. One day, Mori and her mother fight a powerful, magical battle that kills her sister and leaves Mori disabled. Devastated, Mori flees to her long-lost father in England. Adrift, outcast at boarding school, Mori retreats into the worlds she knows best: her magic and he...

besieged by the trials of a tumultuous childhood, marked by the departure of a loving mother and the shadow of a narcissistic stepmother. Alongside her sisters, Jean and Desiree, Ashley endured the hardships imposed by their stepmother, Lenna, grappling with the complexities of such toxic relationships early in life. The loss of her father, Dale, at the age of 49 to an overdose, and her younger sister, Desiree, at 21 due to spina bifida, brought profound sorrow and challenges. Ashley's jou...

From New York Times bestselling mother-daughter duo Julie Andrews & Emma Walton Hamilton and bestselling illustrator Eva Byrne comes an empowering tale of finding your voice—starring a shy puppy who discovers the magic of musicShy is the smallest and quietest pup at the shelter. The world feels big, loud, and a bit scary to her sweet and gentle soul.But when a man with kind eyes brings her home, she feels safe with...

Grand opening. Old friends. Fresh murder. What could go wrong?Anne Freemont and her Carolan Springs crew are thrilled to celebrate the grand opening of the Brandywine Inn, a beautifully restored Victorian that's finally ready to welcome guests. But when four former college friends arrive for a reunion weekend, their cheerful facade quickly cracks, revealing decades of buried secrets and simmering resentments.When one guest turns up dead, Anne realizes this ...