Gracie Miller is a small-town girl who has landed her dream job in New York City. As jewelry designer for one of the most prestigious jewelers in the world, she completed a particularly stunning piece, a custom setting for a large diamond. But when her billionaire client Mrs. Katsaros comes to have a minor issue with the setting repaired, Gracie is horrified to realize it is not the ring she created. Someone has forged her design, and the priceless diamond is gone.Mrs. Katsaros has no desire to bring media attention to the jewelry heist, so she recruits her nephew, Quinn, and his FBI agent friend, Steve, to do some sleuthing off the record. When they discover that the missing ring is just one of many forgeries in the widow's collection, they look to Gracie for help. They need her to act the part of Quinn's fiancée. From the lights of New York to the shimmering islands of the Mediterranean, Gracie is swept into a thrilling hunt. But amid the search for the elusive thief, she... Views: 568
At a time when belief in anything out of the ordinary is not tolerated, Faye and Frank Faultsom are daring to be different. Determined to guide their four free-spirited children on a risky quest to enter the mysterious and mystical realm known only to them as Wonder, they attract the malicious attentions of the sinister Ms. Imperia Beasley, Director of the local Grown Up Factory, where helpless children are conformed to the Prescribed Order as their imaginations are crushed. When one of Faye's wacky schemes to help her kids discover Wonder precipitates a predicament that threatens to tear their family apart, a bold act of belief catapults the Faultsoms into a bizarre and often comical world in which they experience a strange and overwhelming Life Force. Just when they begin to understand its compelling beauty and power, the family learns they must return home to face a heartbreaking crisis — a crisis that may result in their teenage daughter losing Wonder forever. Views: 568
A full moon on Halloween means magic and mayhem are sure to follow.Erin Hawkins is a JAG agent with the jaguar shifters police force and she's all set to attend the shifters' Halloween party as a sexy witch, the first time she's not been on a mission in three years. Between the full moon's appearance and it being Halloween, havoc and magic prevail when she and a musketeer, an off-duty cop with the human police force and jaguar shifter, Bryce Jenkins, helps her thwart a bank robbery in progress. He wins her over with his sword-wielding antics, until she realizes he broke up her brother and his girlfriend's relationship the previous year.Bryce has wanted to take out Erin ever since he saw her in jaguar training, but he's not sure she'd be interested in someone who doesn't work for the jaguar policing force. Still, he's determined to show her a good time and give him a chance and to straighten out a matter about him and her... Views: 568
A forgotten teen. A death too close to home. A killer still on the loose. The story continues from Mailboat Book I Life has taught Bailey that everyone she gets close to leaves her. Even her beloved mentor, Mailboat Captain Tommy, has pulled away after the death of his son. Yet after her own recent brush with death, she's surrounded by people she wishes she could escape, from the flirty new busboy and the cops with their questions to the still-at-large serial killer with an ax to grind... With the body count rising, Detective Monica Steele suspects there may be powerful and sinister forces at work in their resort town. But unless she can show the higher-ups some evidence, evil acts may tear Bailey and other innocent victims apart. Can Steele find the killer in time? Or will the madman's plot spin out of control, dragging someone Bailey loves into the crossfire? The Silver Helm is the second book in the riveting Mailboat... Views: 568
Cheryl and Griffith Day, New York Times bestselling authors and owners of Savannah's must-visit Back in the Day Bakery, share 33 homespun recipes for delicious special occasion entertaining. Try Pumpkin Crunch Bars for a Thanksgiving table, Gingerbread Cupcakes with Lemon–Cream Cheese Frosting for a caroling party, Pecan Brittle as a hostess gift, and Salted Caramel Popcorn when it's time to pile into the den together and watch a favorite holiday movie. This book has been adapted from The Back in the Day Bakery Cookbook (Artisan, 2012) and Back in the Day Bakery Made with Love (Artisan, 2015). Views: 568
Physics brainiac Kelly and football player Blue are together, but not open, and Kelly isn't happy about it. With the truth slowly coming to the surface, Blue must find enough courage to face the music and hope they'll survive the fallout. Views: 568
