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When a stock-pile of confiscated classroom items go missing, (self-appointed) seventh grade PI Maya is on the case. From the New York Times bestselling author of Kill the Boy Band comes a whip-smart middle grade debut and the start of a sharp cul-du-sac crime-solving series. 9:48 AM. Math class...

Milton Cauley had tried marriage, and it didn’t work out so well. Now a widower, he has no intention of ever marrying again. He’ll devote his time to being the best barber he can be. But a misguided friend orders him a bride from the matchmaker others in Pinyon Falls have used, and Milton is furious. As far as Milton is concerned, the man can just handle the problem himself since he’s responsible for it.

Cruzita is going to be a pop star. All she has to do is win a singing contest at her favorite theme park and get famous. But she can't go to the theme park this summer. Instead, she has to help out at her family's bakery, which has been struggling ever since Tio Chuy died. Cruzita's great-uncle poured his heart into the bakery-the family legacy—and now that he's gone, nothing is the same. When Cruzita's not rolling uneven tortillas or trying to salvage rock-hard conchas, she has to take mariachi lessons, even though she doesn't know how to play her great-grandpa's violin.

Charlotte and Celeste are making their way around the city of Cincinnati to recruit the most powerful lost magicals they can find. They need help with their quest to destroy the traitors within the Guild. Just as hope starts to blossom, something dark and powerful enough to make even the ice queen sweat rolls into town, but what does the stranger want? Turns out, she's got Charlotte Weaver in her sights.

Charlotte Weaver never expected to face a dark entrance to nowhere, with a vendetta. But here she is, trapped in an enchanted cavern that's hellbent on their destruction. The former ice queen's creation is spiraling out of control, and Charlotte must forge an unlikely alliance to survive. The cave's dark magic threatens not just their freedom but their sanity. Each step they take reveals new horrors and will push them to their limits. Will Charlotte uncover the true extent of the Grand Godmother's treachery?

From the 1910 disappearance of New York heiress Dorothy Arnold to the 1977 vanishing of teenager Simone Ridinger, author Brunelle details both famous and lesser-known cases that remain unsolved.

Our favorite Fairy Godmother is on her own in an enchanted cave that has more twists and turns and most of them deadly. She has an enchanted oversized dog with her, but will that be enough? No help is coming. Alex, the police detective, is still under a sleep curse and Sir Thomas, a talking cat banished from his realm, has left to defend him. Can Charlotte get her wand to work in the weird world of Cincinnati? Or does this spell doom for the duo?

The race is on to find answers before the worst happens and one of their own falls. After Charlotte heads to the docks in search of the infamous and most mischievous of former lost boys, she realizes her visit with Pan only raises more questions than answers. Just when their search for knowledge leads them back to Ginger's forest to find the witch herself, they realize something is very wrong.

As the sheriff of Pinyon Falls, Texas, Reece Felps has always thought lawmen should never marry because of the danger and uncertainty that comes with the job, but as he enters middle age, he begins to reconsider. A friend convinces him that he should write to the matchmaker in Chicago with whom so many others in the area have found success.

Twenty years have passed since Dylan's beloved sister, Celeste, was brutally murdered. Now he plans an anniversary memorial for the sister he misses to this day. When their childhood friend, Eden, comes home to attend the memorial, Dylan invites her to stay with him and his wife, Parker. But Parker is apprehensive. She remembers a time when Eden had designs on her husband, and she worries she still carries a torch for him. Her fears seem confirmed when Eden openly flirts with Dylan and captivates their pre-teen daughter.