From the USA Today bestselling writing team of Sally J. Smith & Jean Steffens comes a hilarious first book in a brand new mystery series that will keep you guessing until the end...Melanie Hamilton is not your average artist. She brings home the bacon by inking tattoos at New Orleans's Mansion at Mystic Isle, a resort in the middle of the bayou that caters to fans of the peculiar and paranormal, but her true passion comes ...

Toward Decentering the New Testament is the first introductory text to the New Testament written by an African American woman biblical scholar and an Asian-American male biblical scholar. This text privileges the voices, scholarship, and concerns of minoritized nonwhite peoples and communities. It is written from the perspectives of minoritized voices. The first few chapters cover issues such as biblical interpretation, immigration, Roman slavery, intersectionality, and other topi...

Competitive duck painting "borders on . . . obsession," making this book about the Federal Duck Stamp Contest "a surprisingly compelling read" ( Los Angeles Times).The basis for the documentary film, The Million Dollar Duck, Martin J. Smith's The Wild Duck Chase reveals the peculiar world of the only juried art competition run by the US government. Hatched during the Great Depression, the Federal Duck Stamp Program requires hunters to buy ...

FROM EXCITING AUTHOR OF LGBTQ ROMANCE ADRIAN J. SMITHA chef must learn to open her heart when challenged by her young but wise nanny, who has a knack for turning up the heat.Kimberly Thompson—or Kim Burns, her stage name—is a celebrity chef whose career is taking off. As a single mom who has a penchant for being a bit of a bitch, she goes through nannies like the flavor of the month until Becca Kline is sent to her by Kiddie Academy.Becca—k...

From USA Today bestselling authors Sally J. Smith & Jean Steffens comes deadly trouble on white sandy beaches...Just as travel agent turned reluctant sleuth Gabby LeClair is starting to gain some of the Aloha spirit, a business consortium from Chicago breezes into the Aloha Lagoon resort and offers to buy her business. The offer is tempting...but so is hot helicopter pilot Rick Dawson, making it a difficult decision. One that becomes even more complicated when a dead body is discov...

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Learn how to set boundaries without guilt using this revolutionary guide to saying “no” in everyday situations.Are you allowing your mother-in-law to impose her will on you? Are you embarrassed by praise or crushed by criticism? Are you having trouble coping with people? In When I Say No, I Feel Guilty, Manuel J. Smith, Ph.D., offers groundbreaking techniques for asserting your rights and navigating challenging situations. Whether ...

From USA Today bestselling authors Sally J. Smith & Jean Steffens comes murder, magic, and laughter on the bayou...There's magic in the air at The Mansion at Mystic Isle where Melanie Hamilton works—magic everywhere. The Federation of Magicians has contracted to hold their annual show at the resort on the bayou, and Melanie's excited to join in the fun—nothing like a little hocus pocus to liven things up, right? The winner's own show and a huge cash prize guarantees stiff competiti...

From USA Today bestselling authors Sally J. Smith & Jean Steffens comes a ho-ho-hilarious Mystic Isle Mystery...'Tis the season at The Mansion on Mystic Isle, and Melanie Hamilton, resident tattoo artist at the resort renown for its supernatural atmosphere, can feel the holiday spirit everywhere in the Louisiana bayou. The festive mood runs deeper than just the tinsel, mistletoe, and twinkling lights, as the milk of human kindness is flowing with gift giving, good cheer, and donati...

"Nothing Serious is an unflinching and incisive look at modern dating, womanhood, friendship, and obsession. Smith's unforgettable voice, wit, and cultural precision will make you crave her take on all contemporary quandaries." — Courtney Preiss, USA Today bestselling author of Welcome Home, Caroline KlineA scintillating debut psychological thriller about a disillusioned tech executive who goes into an obsessive s...

A ghost in the woods. A woman cursed. A park ranger with a choice...her life for another.Gwyn has lived inconspicuously in Glacier National Park for the better part of a century, careful never to reveal too much. By day she masquerades as the Eira Ghost, the one who ushers in the winter every fall, to get a glimpse of what she will never have—love. In order to fully break the curse, she would have to risk everything.Kay loves being a park ranger and every summer, she search...

In this collection of 5 short stories, you’ll get a taste of life from the criminals themselves. Some doing what they know best to help, and one out for revenge. These stories will send you on a trip to hell and back just in time to see the world come to an end. This collection consists of 5 fantasy stories as you’ve never read before.

From USA Today bestselling authors Sally J. Smith & Jean Steffens comes another Mystic Isle Mystery that will leave you yo-ho-ho-ing with laughter...Just when Melanie Hamilton thought things couldn't get stranger at The Mansion at Mystic Isle, she finds herself in the middle of a true pirate treasure hunt! Fortune hunters have arrived Indiana Jones-style at the New Orleans resort where she and boyfriend Jack Stockton work, with their eyes on the prize of a long-lost and priceless l...