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It’s St. Patrick’s Day and Aggie, Betty and Roger are celebrating at an Irish pub in Palm Springs when Betty’s leprechaun-love-interest drops dead. Could it be murder? Join Aggie and friends as they embark on a celebration they won’t soon forget.

It’s Valentine’s Day and Aggie is looking forward to her yearly ritual of curling up on the couch in front of the television while eating ice cream. However, this year her friends Betty and Roger, have talked Aggie into spending an evening out on the town. And then, to her surprise, Officer Tom Wood had also asked her out. Wearing a very uncomfortable, slinky, red dress that Betty picked out for her, and a ruby red pocketbook to match, Aggie stumbles into a dangerous Valentine’s Day she’ll never forget.

When Jane Kovak trades her cheating ex-husband and a cushy city life for an old Victorian farmhouse in the mountains of Virginia, she’s prepared to face some challenges. Sulky teenager? Check. Leaky roof? No problem. Territorial chickens? Hmm, that wasn't in the real estate listing. A misogynistic neighbor with boundary issues? That’s just great. A zombie apocalypse? Now wait a damn minute.

Renowned author Richard Rashke's new book, Wounded Wing, is a magical love story for children from nine to ninety-nine. It's about betrayal and forgiveness, greed and justice, healing and hope, courage and delight. Set in the ancient kingdom of Japan, this retelling of a folktale is brought to life by Julie Psenicka's elegant paintings inspired by the traditional Japanese ink-wash style. In this enduring tale of love and loss, an injured crane named Tsuu falls in love with the poor farmer who nurses her back to health.

Though she misses the feeling of a stake in her hand, Calla is willing to accept her new way of life, until she’s blackmailed by the annoyingly beautiful vampire Isolde. Urged by the Council to comply, Calla must pretend to date Isolde in a scheme to endear vampires to the human public. Calla promises herself she will do everything she can to undermine Isolde, but the longer she spends with her the harder she finds it. When she learns of a threat to all vampires, she must decide if she will help the woman she swore to hate but never could, or deny her heart and follow her training.

Under the pale glow of the moon, in a secluded fishing village, a tiny baby is abandoned on the steps of the firehouse. The infant's piercing wail shatters the night as a young woman hastily flees. The next morning, the life of a lonely firefighter will be forever altered. Fifty years later, Ginny Mersea, a renowned biographer with an uncanny ability to uncover long-forgotten secrets, is taking a sabbatical to plan her upcoming wedding. Her expertise as both a storyteller and a mystery solver are highly sought after, and not everyone can wait until her office reopens.

A week before Christmas, Aggie bumps into Officer Tom Wood, her on-again, off-again boyfriend at a new exclusive restaurant. Unfortunately, Tom is not dining alone. A beautiful, young woman accompanies him. Tom introduces her as an old friend. Even though Aggie plays it off as not being jealous; her friends Betty and Roger want to learn more about this mysterious woman. Will this beautiful old friend ruin Aggie’s festive mood?

When an intelligence officer, nearing her retirement, is pulled back into the shadows, she must confront ghosts from her past and a threat that could topple governments. Drawn into a deadly game where allies can’t be trusted and enemies wear familiar faces, she races against time to stop a covert operation with global stakes—and to finally lay her past to rest.

Destiny, a horribly selfish woman, created the company, Revenge Fairy to inflict vengeance on others. She enjoys her job almost as much as defrauding people. After an angry woman driving a red sports car runs her over, Destiny finds herself in purgatory. There, she learns that her soul hasn't grown after many lifetimes, and she faces being erased from existence. To avoid this fate, she escapes purgatory by disguising herself as a fairy godmother and reappears on Earth in Megan’s bedroom. Now that Destiny has access to a magic wand, will she wreak havoc and destroy the world?

The world ends when the Hg34 virus infects its population. Those who don’t die either hide or are taken captive; forced to dig underground until their bodies fail. Those who haven’t been taken fight for survival. The search for answers leads Libby and her companions into decimated towns where secrets lay buried. How far will the search for answers take them? What will they do with the answers when they find them?

How an Entrepreneur Can Lead a Team Successfully is your step-by-step guide to creating your own harmonious, happy and highly profitable team so you can avoid the headaches, costs, and upset of a failing staff. Team management knowledge, like the information in this book, doesn't help you achieve your goals just a little - it can make your business a huge success.

When Presbyterian minister Ellen Wakefield O'Connor is confronted by a young man armed with a birth certificate that mistakenly names her as his mother, she quickly sorts out the truth: his birth mother listed Ellen on the certificate to cover up her own identity, but also because Ellen is, in a way, related to the child. The birth father is Ellen's troubled husband, Tom. The secrets of the past soon engulf Ellen, Tom, and everyone they love.

A novel that follows the pursuit of love and joy—until the descent of untreated depression ends with unbearable loss, forcing a family to deal with the shocking and immediate aftermath of suicide.

One of Scarlett Abbott's 2023 World Changers, Marva Bailer takes a modern twist on business protocols that haven't changed since the '80s in her book, Be Unexpected. Energizing the routine and mundane professional lectures and meetings, Be Unexpected will teach listeners soft skills in a relatable way that will help create positive connections.

Nova Taylor has never felt more at home than when she’s surrounded by ghosts. So when her only living friend is nearing the end of her life, Nova refuses to mourn. Instead, she’s determined to give her the love story she deserves. To do that, she turns to Maverick Oakhorn, a ghostbuster with a deep skepticism about meddling with the dead. As they work to reunite the lost loves, she finally feels like she’s building the life and the family she’s always longed for. Until a spirit that should have been left to rest threatens to tear it all apart.

You were never meant to fit in. You were meant to wake people up. This is not your typical self-help book. It’s a loud, unapologetic manifesto for the misfits, the outliers, the black sheep, and the beautifully different humans who were never built for the boxes they were shoved into. If you've ever been told you're too sensitive, too intense, too complicated—or just too much—this book is for you. If you've ever felt like shrinking yourself was the price of being accepted, Weird on Purpose is your permission to take up space again.

Thalia Mara's story spans the history of dance in the twentieth century and the rise of the arts in her adopted city of Jackson, Mississippi. As an adolescent Mara (1911–2003) studied with renowned Russian teacher Adolph Bolm, who recommended she go at age sixteen to Paris for further study. During a tour in Europe and South America, she met her partner in dance and life, Arthur Mahoney, and they dazzled the world with their breathtaking performances during the 1930s and '40s. The two were named codirectors of Jacob's Pillow in 1947, gracing the cover of Life magazine that year.