Download or read book The Lavender Envelope written by J.J. Hansen and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2017-08-04 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The problem was the things I stored down deep started to fester and multiply. They rose up; I pushed them down. They were too deadly to expose, too dirty to air out. If I let even one escape into the light of day, they would all come tumbling out of their carefully sealed envelope and make a mess of this life, no - call it existence, I was trying to hold together. True life belonged to those who didnt hold envelopes stuffed with the terror and horror of a scared sixteen-year-old, turned angry twenty-two-year-old, turned bitter twenty-five-year-old. The thing is, I want to live. - J.J. Hansen As a teenager, author J.J. Hansen steeled her insides every time she walked into her mothers hospital wing. Years later, her poise under pressure earned accolades as she planned her fathers funeral. The Lavender Envelope is the story of what happened when she decided to quit being strong and move forward by going through the past instead of walking away from it. In essays woven with memory and metaphor she depicts the healing process that began when she tore open her envelope and determined to live.
Download or read book Dial Me for Murder written by Amanda Matetsky and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-09-02 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the national bestselling author of Murder on a Hot Tin Roof. Paige Turner’s skills as a crime reporter and mystery novelist have earned her an intriguing job opportunity. Sabrina Stanhope of Gramercy Park wants her to look into the murder of Virginia Pratt, a young secretary whose naked body was found in Central Park—with the understanding that Paige keeps her exclusive investigation off the record and out of her work for Daring Detective magazine. Virginia was more than a secretary—she worked nights as a high priced call girl in Sabrina’s employ. Should word get out, the resulting scandal could be devastating not only to Sabrina’s secret enterprise, but to some of Manhattan’s wealthiest movers and shakers. Now, Paige must become a daring detective herself, even if it means going undercover to entice the interest of a killer. Praise for the Paige Turner Mysteries “Prepare to be utterly charmed by the irrepressible Paige Turner.”—Dorothy Cannell “Great writing by a fresh talent.”—Nelson DeMille “Funny, fast, and suspenseful.”—Max Allan Collins
Download or read book Tea Party written by Tracy Stern and published by Clarkson Potter. This book was released on 2013-03-20 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enjoy life. Drink tea. Celebrate often. Tracy Stern is passionate about tea. She has created wildly popular lines of teas and tea-based beauty products and has hosted hundreds of stylish tea parties to celebrate all sorts of occasions. She has introduced a new generation to the pleasures of tea without any of its traditional stuffiness. In Tea Party, she encourages everyone to make their next gathering that much more special by incorporating tea into the menu. Starting with tips on choosing and brewing teas–from white and green teas to herbal rooibos and different black teas–Tea Party then shares more than seventy-five recipes, both savory and sweet, as part of twenty themed tea parties. Stern features classic tea accompaniments such as Scones with Clotted Cream and Cucumber-Mint Tea Sandwiches as well as novel recipes that use flavorful and healthful tea as an ingredient, including Homemade Potato Fries with Ceylon Tea Salt and Tea-Scented Chocolate Truffles. Above all, the focus is on fun, not fuss. The party suggestions are perfect for afternoons with friends, bridal and baby showers, cocktail and dinner parties, picnics, and brunches. A Mad Hatter’s Tea Party–for a birthday or an unbirthday–will delight kids and adults alike with tea sandwiches made with edible flowers followed by Eat Me! Cupcakes. Chai Breakfast Tea reveals a fantastic recipe for the sweetly spiced irresistible drink along with recipes for chai-scented pancakes and candied almonds. Ideas and inspirations abound for fabulous, easy, and affordable invitations, decorations, table settings, and charming party favors that tie into each party’s theme. Featuring beautiful color photography throughout, Tea Party is a hip, up-to-date slant on a beloved tradition, inspiring everyone to drink a little more tea, celebrate a little more often, and enjoy life a whole lot more.
Download or read book A Slice of Murder written by Chris Cavender and published by Cozy Publishing. This book was released on 2021-07-09 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A SLICE OF MURDER by Chris Cavender (Pizza Lover’s Mystery Book 1) From the Pizza Lover’s Mysteries, first published by Kensington. Praise for A SLICE OF MURDER “Pizza lovers will relish Cavender’s delightful first in a new cozy series.” Publisher’s Weekly “Cavender introduces a promising cast of characters.” Booklist “A delightful mystery—as filling as a big slice of warm pizza.” Armchair Detective “Saucy debut…with all the ingredients needed for an enjoyable treat” Lesa’s Book Critiques “Cavender is an ace at writing cozies.” Library Journal A Slice of Delight owner Eleanor Swift tries to deliver a pizza and discovers a dead body on the kitchen floor instead. Eleanor and her sister, Maddy, must work together to solve the crime and clear her name!
Download or read book By Invitation Only written by KWA Anthology and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A varied selection of short stories by 18 notable authors who have shared some of their best works to bring about a mix of romance, drama, adventure, tragedy and a number of works to inspire the reader.
Download or read book The Duke s Heart written by Marina Pacheco and published by Marina Pacheco. This book was released on 2023-02-10 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: His body may be weak, but his dreams know no bounds. Will she be the answer to his prayers? England, 1864. Lord Felix Peergrave’s inheritance leaves him with little to celebrate. With his medical condition keeping him captive in his palatial home, what the twenty-one-year-old noble craves more than money is a bride. And while he’s smitten by a visiting beauty, he hardly notices the comely wallflower standing by her side. Honour Seaborn is resigned to her dependency. Destitute and at the mercy of family after her soldier father’s death, she agrees to play chaperone for her pretty cousin. And though she’s captivated by the nobleman besotted with her vain relative, she knows her penniless status robs her of any place in his heart. As Lord Felix discovers the real character of the belle and turns his attention to her demure escort, he fears being housebound would bore the well-travelled orphan. And believing she will never be a good match, Honour can’t imagine him ever reciprocating her growing feelings. Will the courteous couple take a chance on the grandest of loves? The Duke's Heart is a light Victorian romance. If you like unique leading men, strong and determined women, and slow-build relationships, then you’ll adore Marina Pacheco’s delightful courtship. Buy The Duke's Heart to trust in forever today!
Download or read book DiBene s Offer written by H. William Taeusch and published by Wheatmark, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-12-19 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If Dr. Eli Kurz accepts the offer of his Gatsby-like new friend, DiBene, will it end well? Those who love Breaking Bad, Intuition, and Lessons in Chemistry will understand.
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Download or read book A Way with Words written by Leisure Arts and published by Leisure Arts. This book was released on 2005-12 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A picture may be worth a thousand words, but when youjust need a few really good words, turn to the pros. These 66 beautifully photographed projects utilize words in interesting ways as their focal points. A Way With Words offers instruction in myriad techniques for adding words: stencils, stamps, metal letters, computer type, as well as advice on the best supplies available commercially.Features:* 66 word projects include greeting cards, tags, artist trading cards (ATCs), albums, memory pages, and more* Includes 4 sheets of top-quality cut-and-use ephemera orornamental embellished paper with 26 images and 25 quotes* Sample quotes are sprinkled throughout or you can use thetechniques described and write your own* Easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions are complemented by detailed photography* Produced for Leisure Arts by Banar Designs
Download or read book Beast or Famine A Circus of Unusual Creatures Mystery written by Tammie Painter and published by Daisy Dog Media. This book was released on 2023-10-19 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A seaside eating contest. A cheating, song-stealing, all-around-no-good ex. And a chain-smoking unicorn doling out dating advice. What could possibly go wrong? It's time for the Seaside Family Fun Fair’s annual eating contests, and Zin's Circus of Unusual Creatures has been invited to perform as the feature act. Right from the start, trouble is brewing. Trouble that, to everyone’s surprise, has (almost) nothing to do with Fergus now referring to himself as The Love Guru. Besides foul moods over the weather, the decrepit state of the fun fair, and the sand wedging itself, well, everywhere, tempers truly flare when Molly’s ex-husband, Albert, shows up for the competition. Albert has a bad track record. He’s cheated in a previous eating contest, he’s stolen Molly the Mini-taur’s songs, and he’s got an ogre-sized secret that could destroy the fun fair. So, the moment the competition turns deadly, Duncan — dragon and amateur sleuth — has a long list of people who wouldn’t mind sending Albert six feet under. Problem is, two of Duncan’s friends are the most likely suspects. Matters only get worse when Duncan discovers Zin has agreed to a partnership that's smellier than a sack of rotting fish heads. And with Pepper so busy prepping food for the contest, she’s failed to keep up with Duncan’s omelet needs. Seriously, no dragon should have to sleuth in these conditions. Can Duncan find the killer before they strike again? Will Zin lose his circus to this partnership? What relationship disasters will Fergus cause? And what is up with those ogres? Find out in Beast or Famine, the latest installment of The Circus of Unusual Creatures Mystery series. ~ ~ ~ Although it's the fourth book in the series, Beast or Famine is a great way to jump into Circus of Unusual Creatures Mysteries. Set in a 1930s that’s just a tad different than what you’re used to, The Circus of Unusual Creatures is a delightfully humorous cozy mystery series that features a detecting dragon, an aura-spotting centaur, a chain-smoking unicorn, and plenty of other quirky characters getting into all kinds of trouble as they stumble their way through clues, crimes, and perfectly cooked omelets. If you like comic fantasy whodunnits that mix in laughs with murderous mayhem and mythical beasts, you’ll love, not only this silly story, but also the first three books in the series: Hoard It All Before, Tipping the Scales, and Fangs a Million. Story Note: While this cozy fantasy mystery is mostly clean, it does have a lusty, chain-smoking unicorn who makes more than a few naughty innuendos, a dragon who drinks, a tiny bit of mild swearing, and (obviously) there’s a murder or two along the way.
Download or read book The Courthouse Record Store written by Gary Britson and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2007-05-25 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Harlequin Special Edition May 2020 Box Set 1 of 2 written by Nancy Robards Thompson and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2020-05-01 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harlequin® Special Edition brings you three new titles for one great price, available now! These are heartwarming, romantic stories about life, love and family. This Special Edition box set includes: BETTING ON A FORTUNE The Fortunes of Texas: Rambling Rose by Nancy Robards Thompson Ashley Fortune is furious Rodrigo Mendoza has been hired to consult on her new restaurant and vows to send him packing. Soon her resentment turns to attraction, but Rodrigo won’t mix business with pleasure. When her sister gives her a self-help book that promises to win him over in a week, Ashley goes all in to land Rodrigo’s heart! HER SECOND FOREVER The Brands of Montana by Joanna Sims The car accident that left her permanently injured made Lee Macbeth only more determined to help others with disabilities. Now there’s a charming cowboy doing a stint of community service at her therapeutic riding facility and he wants more from the self-sufficient widow. Despite their powerful mutual attraction, Lee won’t risk falling for Mr. Totally Wrong…will she? THE RELUCTANT FIANCƒE The Taylor Triplets by Lynne Marshall When Brynne Taylor breaks off her engagement to Paul Capriati, she knows her life is going to change. But when two women who claim to be triplets to her show up in her small Utah town, it’s a lot more change than she ever expected. Now she’s digging up long-buried family secrets and navigating her relationship with her ex-fiancé. Does she actually want to get married?
Download or read book Betsy s Lighthouse written by Elizabeth Ouellette and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2007-04 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a strange and alarming phone call from her elderly uncle Pete gets abruptly cut off, kindergarten teacher Betsy McGovern returns to her hometown of Eagle Point, Maine. She soon learns that her beloved uncle Pete and godmother, Lily Mae Warren, the lighthouse keeper of Eagle Point Light, have been kidnapped. Eagle Point sheriff Francis Willette helps Betsy unravel the puzzling family secrets and shocking local murders that welcome her home. Betsy and the handsome sheriff sort out the clues to the case while they sort out the feelings they have for each other. Betsy also has to keep Eagle Point Light burning. Watching her back might not be a bad idea, either. With two dead bodies and no solid suspects, Betsy and Francis frantically work to solve the case and bring Betsy's loved ones home before they become the final victims in an elaborate scheme to keep past secrets hidden.
Download or read book The Landers Mystique written by Christopher Church and published by Dagmar Miura. This book was released on 2021-01-05 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a weekend break in the Mojave, psychic investigator Mason stumbles across the story of a bygone journalist, Geraldine, who expired in the desert on her way to one of the early flying saucer meet-ups. Unable to shake the pointlessness of the tragic tale, Mason trades a favor with his psychic-world mentor, Hanh, who sends him to the East Coast to attend a wedding where he doesn’t know anyone. Wracked with guilt about his role in disrupting the event, Mason grapples with the cost of intervening in Geraldine’s life, and gains new resolve to change the outcome. With help from his mid-century friends Billy and Flattop, and with the unflagging support of his boyfriend, Ned, and their roommate, Peggy, Mason shifts to Geraldine’s era, and on a long road trip to Landers, manages to rearrange things enough to shake the foundations of his own timeline.
Download or read book Competition Can Be Murder written by Connie Shelton and published by Secret Staircase Books, an imprint of Columbine Publishing Group. This book was released on 2010-07-19 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise for USA Today bestseller Connie Shelton and the Charlie Parker mysteries: "Connie Shelton gets better with every book she writes." --The Midwest Book Review "Charlie is slick, appealing, and nobody's fool. Just what readers want in an amateur sleuth." --Booklist Charlie and Drake are spending a few months in Scotland, fulfilling a helicopter contract for a friend. Flying over the frigid North Sea is dangerous enough, but they soon learn that there is an ongoing feud between the helicopter operators in the area and the union-run boat operators. Charlie and Drake find themselves right in the midst of the battle. The upside of the assignment is that they are experiencing life on a Scottish estate, living in a rented cottage on the elegant grounds of historic Dunworthy Castle. The resident lord and lady of the manor have problems of their own--several valuable lambs from their flock have gone missing and Robert Dunbar wants Charlie to investigate. And then there is the Dunbar's grandson, Richie, who is visiting with two friends. When Richie is kidnapped and the ransom demands begin, Charlie tries to convince the Dunbars to call the police but they resist. Before she knows it, Charlie finds herself pulled into the vortex of that dark mystery. Editorial comments about the Charlie Parker mysteries: "...will enthrall purists. Charlie is a fabulous amateur sleuth." -- Midwest Book Review "Charlie is a good detective and a pleasant companion to unravel a mystery with." -- Mystery News Search words: mystery, mystery series, crime fiction, Scotland mysteries, amateur sleuth, female sleuth, series books, kidnapping mystery, international mystery
Download or read book The Farmer s Daughter Romance Collection written by Mary Davis and published by Barbour Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 853 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enjoy five historical novels by some of Christian fiction’s bestselling authors. Meet daughters of prairie farms from Montana south to Kansas who find love in the midst of turbulent life changes. Marty’s nieces are kidnapped. Rosalind’s town is overrun by a railroad company. Amy’s jealousy comes between her and her twin. Beulah’s answer is needed to a marriage proposal. Lilly’s choice puts her at odd with her neighbors. Into each of their lives rides a man who may only make their situations worse.
Download or read book Ainslee s written by and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 976 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
