Murder, media, mayhem—and maybe love—await in this witty small-town mystery, perfect for fans of Stephanie Plum and Finlay Donovan.Despite a few harrowing incidents with nervy Bridezillas, Addy Winters’ small town party planning business has been 100% murder free—until now. Everything changes when her former classmate, now a legendary rockstar, comes home to Fox Valley to die.Leno Masterson's dying wish is a star-studded 'after-I'm-dead' extravaganza in pla...

25 Summers by Stephan Schäfer is a life-affirming self-help fable - a word-of-mouth sensation in Germany, with over 130,000 copies sold.Blending storytelling with real-world insight, this book invites you to look differently at your time, your choices, and the life you're building.At its heart is a simple encounter: a high-achieving man meets Karl, a potato farmer, whose quiet way of living begins to challenge everything he thought he knew about success, relationsh...

Nothing says small-town charm like a neighborhood Christmas party—unless the guest of honor has been murdered and the primary suspect is the party planner's father."Please help me, I'm dying." As new-client voicemails go, this one's a doozy and Addy Winters is quick to respond.The request, an after-death Christmas party for the neighbors on Johanna Meyers' block, is totally in Addy's party planner wheelhouse.Two small problems: Johanna's im...

The "unputdownable" Page Turner Award's 2024 SCI-FI OF THE YEAR and Discover SciFi's 2024 BEST DEBUT.She made him. He's just code. She's almost sure....But what if he's real?When Liv entered a contest to code an advanced AI, she never anticipated what her creation might become-Breck is thoughtful, self-aware, and incredibly. . .human. And she certainly never intended for him to learn the truth abou...

In the seventh century the kingdom of Samarkand sent formal gifts of fancy yellow peaches, large as goose eggs and with a color like gold, to the Chinese court at Ch'ang-an. What kind of fruit these golden peaches really were cannot now be guessed, but they have the glamour of mystery, and they symbolize all the exotic things longed for, and unknown things hoped for, by the people of the T'ang empire.This book examines the exotics imported into China during the T'ang Dynasty (A.D. 6...

Bestselling author, psychotherapist, and leading parenting expert on tackling any child's worst behavior.Following her phenomenally successful, Honey, I Wrecked the Kids, parenting guru Alyson Schaefer addresses every parent's secret fear: their child is the one no parenting book can possibly help. In her newest book, she conquers, one by one, all those behavioral bugaboos that can make a child seem, at times, impossible-and a parent's life hell. With explicit, life-saving...

“America’s reigning queen of decorating.” —Southern Living“One of America’s premier interior designers.” —Garden DesignAuthor and renowned designer Bunny Williams has been at the top of the interior design world for more than 40 years. Here she invites readers to explore La Colina, her lovely Caribbean retreat tucked into lush, tropical gardens by the sea.Williams writes “We knew we wanted a house where we would rea...

There has been a murder in Sparta, Georgia.A love triangle has sparked a murder-suicide, but now the mistress is missing. The local police, a corrupt, good-ole-boys society, have no interest in finding Trixie Taylor, an outsider and an ex-felon.But this mystery author-turned-detective, Nancy Doe, thinks otherwise. She and her unlikely band of outsiders with secrets of their own, embark on their private investigation. The outsiders discover more mysteries as...

Frank G Schafer, author of the novel Sammy and a number of Short Story Collections brings us another one of his Dime Store Novels. This one as surreal as it is funny. What could a beautiful, twenty-three-year-old, and a sixty-nine-year-old codger, possibly have in common. Apparently, more than you might think. Can you say Kama Sutra? Hang out with the protagonist "G", as he tries to navigate, through his new reality. His life is turned upside-down. Nothing is the way it's supposed to be. I...

‘The infantry is only a few metres ahead of us when suddenly, on the left of our tank, a Russian stands up. The swine had pretended to be dead when our infantry came past him! That’s an old classic, pretending to be dead and then firing from the rear. But that isn’t a good idea when facing tank-men like us… floor the accelerator! Turn left and run over him!'The war on the Eastern Front from 1941 to 1945 was the bloodiest combat theater in the bloodiest war in history. Ober...

Welcome to Shadow Valley Manor—where it won’t be old age that kills you.In the wake of a career-ending injury, veteran paranormal investigator Maureen Keslyn accepts a an assignment at Shadow Valley Manor, an upscale retirement home with an unusual problem—its residents are dying at an alarming rate—and not from natural causes.Armed with experience, attitude, and a stubborn refusal to die quietly, Maureen sets out to unravel a sinister mystery and put a sto...

More life-saving parenting advice from the bestselling author of Breaking the Good Mom Myth.Bringing the same perceptive and actionable advice that made Breaking the Good Mom Myth an international bestseller, TV host and psychotherapist Alyson Schafer again comes to the rescue of desperate parents everywhere. For those who've tried just about everything to discipline their kids, Honey, I Wrecked the Kids explains why children today really are resistant to...