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Emma Porter hat die Nase voll. Ihr langjähriger Freund hat sie wegen einer jüngeren Frau verlassen und ihre Mutter und Freundinnen hören nicht auf, sie deswegen zu bemitleiden. Kurzentschlossen macht sie sich auf den Weg nach Südengland, um sich dort die wunderschönen Gärten anzusehen. Emma ahnt nicht, dass die geheimnisvolle Tante Dimity ihre Hände im Spiel hat, als sie ausgerechnet in Penford Hall landet, einem alten Schloss in Cornwall. Dort erwarten sie ein mysteriöses Rätsel um eine Zauberlaterne und andere mörderische Geheimnisse.

Lady Juliet Kingston did not expect to find love in the Scottish Highlands. Sent by the king to marry a laird’s son, she had no expectations until she met the strong and stubborn Ross MacLaren. He won her heart, erasing her feelings for the man she left behind. Happiness is short-lived as the threat of war becomes real, and she is reclaimed by her former love.

When Peggy Shippen, the celebrated blonde belle of Philadelphia, married American military hero Benedict Arnold in 1779, she anticipated a life of fame and fortune, but financial debts and political intrigues prompted her to conspire with her treasonous husband against George Washington and the American Revolution. In spite of her commendable efforts to rehabilitate her husband’s name, Peggy Shippen continues to be remembered as a traitor bride.

Sylvie and her mother and grandmother are beloved, trusted healers in their medieval French village, though some whisper that 15-year-old Sylvie and her grand-mere deal in more than herbs and medicines. Perhaps they’re a bit...witchy? After her grandmother dies, and an attempt to use magic to heal her mother’s grief brooks tragic consequences, Sylvie leaves her village in search of a teacher. The journey subjects her to strange alliances, powerful temptations, danger, and deceit. In the end, there may be only one wise woman Sylvie can trust in a world that would define her limits.

In the early 1960s, the head of a prominent New York City Child Development Center and a psychiatrist from Columbia University launched a study designed to track the development of twins and triplets given up for adoption and raised by different families. The controversial and disturbing catch? None of the adoptive parents had been told that they were raising a twin - the study's investigators insisted that the separation be kept secret.

As a small to medium business owner, correctly managing your workers' compensation coverage may mean the difference between staying open another year or closing your doors for good. This is the book that you wish you had read before you hired your first team member. In it, Nancy Germond will break down the complexity of workers' compensation, why you need it, why you need to pay attention to it, and how doing it well will make your team better and help your company's bottom line.

When Candybar shows off in class by eating a "bug" (raisin) instead of learning the spelling words, Mrs. Bean keeps him after school to study the words. He hatches a plan to bypass any studying, but everything unravels when two mischievous dogs throw his plan into chaos.

In this helpful volume, Nancy Wilson provides straightforward counsel and encouragement for those struggling with "the wait". She addresses practical concerns like building a career but focuses more specifically on important relational issues such as interacting with competitive women, respecting your parents even after you've left their home, establishing standards for male friends, and keeping the right outlook on your life. Whether a woman is called to singleness for a short time or for her whole life, she is called to be fruitful in God's kingdom.

The circus comes to Munchytown, and the Munchy Bunch gang can't wait to go! But when the clowns put Chompy in their cannon stunt, his fear of clowns and Candybar's sneaky antics nearly derail the show!

Flash fiction is changing the way we tell stories. Carving away the excess, eliminating all but the most essential, flash fiction is putting the story through a literary dehydrator, leaving the meat without the fat. And it only looks easy. Enter Going Short: An Invitation to Flash Fiction. In this, her treatise on the form, veteran writer Nancy Stohlman takes us on a flash fiction journey: from creating, sculpting, revising, and collecting stories to best practices for writers in any genre.

From a young age, evil pursued Alezea. Isolated with her son, who is raised to be a killer of little girls, she finds no way out. Until an old employer guides her to a holy place. There, Alezea will either fight for her own redemption or sink into total ruin. While Alezea's battle rages on, her son Thomas seeks a young woman to continue his father’s lineage. He encounters and beguiles Rachel, who soon learns of Thomas’ atrocious history. From the teachings of a young prophet, Rachel believes she can transform Thomas.

It's not Fourth of July on Mackinac Island without fireworks and fudge. The Historic McMurphy Hotel and Fudge Shop is supplying the treats-and Allie McMurphy has hired Rodney Rivers, the biggest name in aerial displays, to create an unforgettable spectacle. Unfortunately, it turns out to be a case of red, white, and boom when Allie finds him dead, covered with screaming chicken fireworks, just before the entire warehouse of pyrotechnics goes up in smoke. Is it arson or is it murder?

Als Boss eines großen Unternehmens ist Darrell extrem reich, selbstbewusst und erfolgreich - aber auch sehr unnahbar. Der einzige Mensch, den er wirklich an sich heranlässt, ist seine kleine, an den Rollstuhl gefesselte Schwester Christie, die mit ihm zusammen in seiner Villa lebt. Als Darrell eine Nanny für Christie sucht, stellt er die kompetente Olivia ein. Christie ist sofort hellauf von Olivia begeistert. Darrell hingegen ist skeptisch, als Olivia anfängt, ihm in Christies Erziehung hineinzureden.

Allie McMurphy is up to her neck in renovations at the grand old hotel that's been in her family for generations. With its quaint Victorian charm - and world-famous fudge shop - the place is one of Mackinac Island's most beloved landmarks.

Do you want to write a book? Lose weight? Start a business? Accomplish something? The audiobook Don't Have Enough Time for Your Goals? can show you how you may have been lying to yourself and how you can actually find the time to accomplish those goals. If you want to find effective strategies that work and get straight to the point, this audiobook has it.

Secrets. Lies. Silences. Stories told by parents and their families to protect themselves. A father who defends his wife despite her damage to their daughter’s health and welfare. A mother, shielded by her husband, who perpetuates murderous acts of violence against the daughter, and keeps secret her husband’s sexual “play” with the young girl.

Life is sweet for Allie McMurphy, proud owner of Historic McMurphy Hotel and Fudge Shop on Michigan's Mackinac Island - until murder and deception leave a bitter taste....

Twenty-six years after that amazing summer, Ariel, Sheila, Wyatt, and Nick reunite at the hotel where they first met. Now it’s called The Lighthouse and Nick owns the entire operation with his wife and daughter. Ariel and Wyatt, married for decades, arrive with their son, and Sheila’s back too, with her daughter by her side. Life hasn’t exactly worked out the way they had all hoped.

A Christmas charity contest leads to murder! Amateur baker Poppy Wilkinson agrees to be a celebrity contestant in a charity gingerbread house competition in Bath, England. She can support a good cause while promoting the long running TV reality show in which she’s a contestant — The Great British Baking Contest. However, beneath the gingerbread walls and behind the lollipop trees swirl bad feelings, jealousy, and murder. Good thing Poppy is also a witch and a talented amateur sleuth.

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