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Death by dragon fire. An influential vampire’s been fried. Who’s blamed when the corpse turns up crispy? Naturally, the only dragon in town. Marge is a giant puppy of a reptile and not at all the murderous type, but she's the prime suspect. When Star finds out that the vampire horde is out for Marge’s blood, she has to act fast to prove her scaly friend’s innocence. Join Star and Ben as they hunt down the true murderer in this humorous tale with a flirtatious dragon, a cranky feline, and a horde of fiendish vampires.

Freedom Lessons begins in Louisiana 1969 as Colleen, a white northern teacher, enters into the unfamiliar culture of a small Southern town and its unwritten rules as the town surrenders to mandated school integration. She meets Frank, a black high school football player, who is protecting his family with a secret. And Evelyn, an experienced teacher and prominent member of the local black community, who must decide whether she’s willing to place trust in her new white colleague.

When a classic car thief strikes in Durham, North Carolina, motorcycle cop Shae Sharpe finds herself in hot pursuit of a hot rod and up against a hot deputy with a hot bod. Shae’s bust might be big, but her heart is bigger, and she’ll do everything in her power to track down the missing Barracuda stolen from a disabled veteran - even if it means crossing into Deputy Sexy’s dangerous turf.

The exciting conclusion of Clearview Academy. As Avery comes to grips with her death and what that means for her family and friends, the Reaper shows up to shake things up one last time. What will happen to Avery and Clark? Is love enough to save them?

After suffering a traumatic head injury while playing softball, 14-year-old Deidre “Dee-Dee” Olsen is alarmed and confused when she sees unfamiliar people that no one else can see and initially dismisses her condition as a side effect of her injury. But when she sees and communicates with her deceased father, Dee-Dee realizes that the people she is seeing are the spirits of the departed.

The truth. It’s the thing Avery has been searching for, since she woke up dead behind the dumpster. She had been searching for who killed her and why for so long. The answers she got weren’t the ones she expected. And now that she knew, her fragile world was crashing in on her. Exposing the truth meant hurting the one she loved, but she was running out of time and out of options.

In 1957, jobs are scarce in rural Ashland, Alabama. Bobby Higgins is facing life decisions; his family’s farm struggles, and threat of the draft hangs over the 18-year-old male as the Cold War rumbles in the distance. Bobby heads off to boot camp, vowing to provide for his family from his pay. Between shore and sea duty, Bobby leaves broken hearts in every port.

Adulting with ADHD was created to help adults who are newly diagnosed, undiagnosed, or find themselves struggling with new ADHD symptoms in adulthood. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder has commonly been thought of as a childhood struggle, and many are uniformed about the ways it can impact their adult life. This book provides education on the ways this diagnosis effects your life, and provides ways you can learn to manage it.

With Lindsey as an official suspect in her murder and Clark still mad at her for getting Laney arrested, Avery is forced to make friends in the most unlikely of places. While closing in on the killer is exactly what they want, it has some serious consequences that even Avery Lewis might not be able to escape.

Bridging the Gap: Between Culture and Religion is a story about an African (Muslim boy and a American Christian girl) love-hate relationship in the modern time, where culture and religion have conflicting disagreements.

Things are starting to really heat up between Avery - posed as Laney - and Cassie Andrews. The pranks are getting out of hand. The battle between the two is reaching a peak, and one of them will win. Who gets to be on top? For Avery, it's more important than ever to beat Cassie at her own game. As her search for her killer continues and her fight with Cassie escalates to a dangerous level, Avery starts to wonder how anyone makes it out of high school alive. Oh my word.

From the moment she arrived to California, architect Lia knows her working trip to the West coast is a disaster. The company that hired her seems determined to discredit both her work and her professionalism. For some strange reason, her house never looks the same twice. Lia’s only consolation is Aiden: The sexy stranger she met on Venice Beach. As mystery piles on mystery, nothing remains constant. Even Lia’s own nature comes into question, as a dark force seeks to claim her for its own evil ends.

Starting senior year at Clearview Academy was supposed to be an exciting time, but for Avery Lewis things are a bit more complicated than your average senior. Being dead and using someone else's body to go to school wasn't exactly how she imagined this year to go. Going from the most popular to invisible new girl was enough to make anyone irritated. At least she has Laney - her Vessel, and Clark - her almost boyfriend, sometimes, and Lindsey - her sister. The four of them have one mission: To find her killer. Step one, make her popular again. That should be easy, right?

Who killed Avery? All the clues point to one person; Avery is sure of it. Of course, she's been wrong about almost everything so far. As she searches for clues with her Vessel and Clark Daniels, she realizes that some things aren't adding up. Will Avery and her friends be able to find out who the killer is, or are they headed for another dead end? And how exactly do you accuse someone of murder?

Twenty years ago, Reaper of Souls Kassidy Simmons battled Azra-El, the Angel of Death and won — or so she thought. Now, a number of strange and unexplained deaths are afflicting Kassidy’s quiet New York town. She wishes she didn’t care. But she does....

Avery Lewis is dead. Avery is destined to be the queen of senior year at Clearview Academy...at least, until she's murdered over the summer. When she wakes up behind a dumpster in an alley, she knows something is wrong. Things go from really bad to worse for Avery after she's visited by a Reaper and realizes that she's dead. Now, she needs to find her vessel - a boy who shares her birthday. A boy she wouldn't be caught dead with. Clark Daniels.

Love was something Devin Brandt thought he would never feel, but everything changes when he meets Natalie Sorenson during his senior year of high school. Love begins to blossom, but when his aunt Christine informs him that he will have to move at the end of the school year, the hopes and dreams he and Natalie created come crashing down. The strain on their relationship tears Devin and Natalie apart, but will tragedy ultimately reunite them once more?

Do you feel your talents and skills are being used to build someone else’s dream business? Author Trish Benedik understands how you feel. At one point in her life, she felt used up, exhausted, and powerless. Over the past years she has consulted with hundreds of people looking for a business and helped guide them in their journey.

Love does not need eyes to see. Love’s sight comes from the heart. Laura didn’t think much about the magic mirror at Danny’s Bar and Grill. What good was a mirror that showed your true love to a girl who could not see? Yet as she sat before it, she had the strangest feeling she was being watched. Joseph was on his way to class when he glanced in a hall mirror and saw a woman sitting in a restaurant. Thinking she must be a ghost, he shook off the strange event and continued to class. But the girl in the mirror would not leave his mind.

For generations the Connelly witches made a great sacrifice to protect their town. In exchange, New Mourne remained a refuge for humans and supernatural beings to live in peace. Now Brenna Connelly Burns, or another chosen female of this generation, is next in line to die unless Brenna can find a way to end the curse of the malevolent Woman in White. With coven protections breached, Sheriff Jake Tyler joins the battle. The witch and the shape-shifter search for answers to break the curse, becoming closer every day.