Declan didn't expect for his latest score to be Liv's heart."Declan Quinn" is a name that strikes fear into the hearts of his enemies. With a reputation built on his cunning and ruthlessness, he has become an unstoppable force in the criminal world. A string of bank robberies along the East Coast has solidified his place in infamy but may send him to an early grave.Olivia "Liv" O'Reilly is a woman haunted by her past and her disastrous engagement to the heir of a powerful B...

At the end of the nineteenth century, the U.S. Armory opened in Springfield, spurring rapid growth. With that golden age of progress came iconic buildings and landmarks that are now lost to time.Railroads brought workers eager to fill Springfield's factories and enterprises like Smith & Wesson, Merriam Webster and Indian Motorcycles. The Massasoit House Hotel, the Church of the Unity and the Daniel B. Wesson mansion once served as symbols of the city's grandeur. Fo...

Over 500,000 Massachusetts residents answered the call to military duty in the Second World War, while the rest of the state's citizens fought the war on the home front. Everyone in the family, including pets, found creative and essential ways to contribute. Thousands worked in factories, volunteered for Civil Defense, watched for enemy aircraft, and took part in salvage collections and bond drives, all while dealing with rationing, blackouts, rumors and a host of other wartime inconvenien...

Written and illustrated as one of Wallace Nutting's noted "State Series". A Historical photographic tour highlighting the scenery, older homes and landmarks, supplemented with engravings. In all 304 illustrations covering all the counties in Massachusetts.

Centuries of horror and hauntings: An award-winning look at the dark history of the town where the Pilgrims landed. Includes photos!Plymouth is known worldwide as "America's Hometown," landing place of the Pilgrims in 1620 and home of the first Thanksgiving. But the real story of the town is a tale of grim beginnings, plague, desperation, massacre, murder, and fear.A ghostly Victorian couple is known to wander Burial Hill. A shocking crime on Leyden Street,...

This dramatic and deeply moving book combines a narrative that has the pace and excitement of a novel, a timeless portrait of bigotry and a self-righteousness, and an authentic history of the Salem witch trials. It stands alone in applying modern psychiatric knowledge to the witchcraft hysteria.Nearly three hundred years ago the fate of Massachusetts was delivered into the hands of a pack of young girls. Because of the fantasies and hysterical antics of unbalanced teenagers, decent ...

Cold Case CluesOn May 21, 1932, Arthur Oker, a mild-mannered Finnish tailor, was brutally murdered in his shop in the small seaside town of Rockport, Massachusetts.While this unsolved crime terrified local residents, their fears increased after another horrifying murder, that of Swedish immigrant and fellow churchgoer Augusta Johnson in her home on Halloween night in 1933. Following the crimes, authorities searched every house and building in Rockport, and ...

A historical tour of the Bay State's oldest burial grounds—and the sometimes-spooky stories behind them.Massachusetts's historic graveyards are the final resting places for tales of the strange and supernatural. From Newburyport to Truro, these graveyards often frighten the living, but the dead who rest within them have stories to share with the world they left behind.While Giles Corey is said to haunt the Howard Street Cemetery in Salem, cursing those invo...

He'll risk everything to keep her safe.Caitlin O'Reilly knows how dangerous the world can be—growing up as the daughter of a mobster doesn't leave much room for innocence. When her boyfriend, the son of a rival mob boss, is murdered in her apartment, she is dragged into the dark depths of the world she's tried so hard to avoid. The Italians are convinced Caitlin is responsible for the murder, and now she's caught in the crosshairs of a brewing mob war.Grady...

A ROMANTIC YOGA MYSTERY INFUSED BY NATUREMorgan has become settled in her quiet life in Sutton, Massachusetts. Her peaceful morning yoga routine is assisted by her cat, Juliet. In the evening she guides her kayak across the placid surface of Lake Singletary. Everything is in its place.When Morgan stumbles across a dead body in the shadowy depths of Sutton Woods, her stability is knocked askew. Jason, the ranger who comes to her aid, provides a steady rock of support. The de...

Discover the definitive guide to Massachusetts Town Meeting with the newly revised fourth edition of Town Meeting Time. Compiled and updated by the Massachusetts Moderators Association, this collaboration by respected moderators and practicing town counsels is an essential volume. It serves as both a historical reference and a practical handbook for understanding and navigating the unique institution of town meeting in the 21st century.Combining time-honored traditions and...

Early modern English writers often complained that “charity had grown cold,” lamenting the dissolution of society's communal bonds. But far from diminishing in scope or influence, charity generated heated debates, animated by social, political, and religious changes that prompted urgent questions about the virtue's powers and functions. Charity was as much a problem as it was a solution, a sure sign of trouble even when invoked on behalf of peace and community.Love's Quarrels