He’s sworn to uphold the law.She swears she didn’t do it. The evidence says otherwise.Casey Randolph hopes to follow in his deceased father’s footsteps, serving the community with a star on his chest. He’s a shoo-in to win the election if he can hide his necrophobia—fear of dead bodies. As a young deputy, his condition posed no issues. Drunken NASCAR fans and fistfights over the Duke-UNC basketball rivalry were the extent of criminal activity. No more. Growing like kudzu, t...

The best defense is a good offense. Whether the target is a Christmas tree—or a man.Katrina Snodgrass believes she can get her life back on track. If she can regain her title as the Christmas Tree Contest champion, and if she can re-snare the man of her dreams. Too bad soap-opera star, Tripp Anthony isn't interested—at least he's indifferent until Hunter Montgomery arrives and convinces Katrina she needs to make her former flame jealous.The plan succeeds, but Katrina finds ...

A cornucopia of ten cozy mystery stories that are perpetrated during holidays from New Years to Christmas. This collection explores unexplained disturbances, college pranks gone wrong, and almost always one or more murders around a holiday. Solve these spooky crimes that lurk beneath celebratory parties and help search for the murderers. Kick off your shoes, grab a warm drink and snuggle into a blanket before you get lured onto the sparkling snow for the next crime spree.A Body...

All's fair in love and decorating…Suzette Forrester didn't want to enter the town's Christmas Tree Contest, but after her BFF forges her entry, Suzette's competitive spirit revs up. Beating the town's high-profile socialite, Katarina Snodgrass becomes priority one. Until Suzette discovers architect Spence James has returned to Merryvale.Spence can't reconcile the geeky girl from high school with the hot babe ordering antique ornaments at his father's store,...

A freak snowstorm puts the deep freeze on the delivery of a specialty gingerbread order. No delivery means no payment, and Kale McIntire won't make rent on her already-in-the-red coffee shop. She'll lose everything.Abandoned in the middle of nowhere, the same snowstorm represents frostbite for Tanner Clayton. Instead of showing appreciation when Kaley rescues him during the blizzard, he fixates on getting home to his violets. Not understanding his plants are part of a NASA experime...

What would you do if the undertaker’s son made a pass at you?At your husband’s funeral?Jana Byrd stuffs the cougar-hunter’s card into a box and forgets him.As she struggles to focus on one-day-at-a-time after her husband’s death, Jana acquires several dozen cards from wanna-be-lovers, friends-seeking benefits, and the occasional nice guy. All the cards remain in the Boy Box, until Jana’s friends decide they should all date again and decide to draw names from the box...

Her daughter has just flown the nest and her pensioner mum has dived headlong into internet dating - can Hattie hold on to her sanity?Hattie is a 47-year-old mother whose daughter, Layla, is just about to head off to university. She's not coping terribly well (Hattie that is - Layla seems to be coping admirably), bursting into tears at the drop of a hat.To add to the angst, Hattie's mother, Meredith, has started online dating -unfortunately it's Hattie who ...

In the depths of the Great Depression, when families struggled to make ends meet, Juliet Corson's "Twenty-Five Cent Dinners for Families of Six" emerged as a beacon of hope. This groundbreaking cookbook offered practical and affordable meal plans, proving that nourishing and satisfying meals could be prepared on a shoestring budget. With its timeless recipes and invaluable tips, this culinary guide continues to inspire home cooks today, empowering them to feed their families with dignity a...

Like the branches of a tree, the future of humanity could spread in many directions. Which one shall we follow?Third Flatiron's all-original science fiction/fantasy/horror/humor anthology, Offshoots: Humanity Twigged, presents short stories about possible futures, whether good or bad. Follow an international group of authors as they imagine visions ranging from human alliances with AIs, animals, and fairies; fashion as policy; virtual reality; or time travel to fix past mi...

Two recovery specialists.One murder.A hunt for the Dutchman's Lost Gold Mine becomes a race of survival.Former Army MP Landry Parker fell into the recovery specialist role quite by accident—to help her ailing father. Now that she’s on her own, she is determined to prove herself and honor her family legacy.After being shot in the line of duty, former police officer Nickolai Baptiste became a recovery specialist, and he’s good at his job—maybe even the best....

Our experiences of the city are dependent on our gender, race, class, age, ability, and sexual orientation. It was already clear before the pandemic that cities around the world were divided and becoming increasingly unequal. The pandemic has torn back the curtain on many of these pre-existing inequalities.Contributions to this volume engage directly with different urban communities around the world. They give voice to those who experience poverty, discrimination and marginalisatio...

Far from the seain the hills and hollers of Appalachia’s great Southern Highlandslived Laurel, the littlest weaver, and her pa.Together they wove story rugs filled with honeysuckle and summer sunshine.For Laurel, though small, had a gift for weaving as if her mama’s angel hands guided hers.Laurel and her father weave beautiful rugs for the people of their mountain town. When a stranger moves to town with sadness in his eyes and a lonely doll on ...