Casual Choices: Causal Choices is the story of one young man coming of age in the 1960s as he journeys from exile and isolation to reconnect and embrace, if he can, with a life he long thought lost. Over the period of one week, Jeremiah Joshua "Josh" Connelly seeks to come to terms with his authentic self, with a past he tried desperately to repress, and with many people in his life he ignored for so long. His story takes us deep into the scars left by a war that tore America apart in the 1960s, and which left an indelible mark on many who lived in that turbulent era. It is a story of the invisible and neglected victims of that war, or any war. Views: 552
They're tracking a missing personBut will they be the next victims?New-in-town detective Jennifer "JJ" Logan is thrown into the deep end with her first case. Assigned to unearth a missing socialite, JJ must also deal with a new colleague: Officer Quint Foster.Quint bristles at having to work alongside JJ. But as they dig for clues, he feels alive for the first time in years. The hunt puts them both in the crosshairs, and their deepening emotions have to take a back seat to getting out alive. Views: 552
A hilarious and heartwarming stand-alone middle grade debut, The Tragical Tale of Birdie Bloom is a whimsically fractured fairy tale perfect for fans of Shannon Hale and Adam Gidwitz. In the fairy-tale kingdom of Wanderly, everyone has a role.Birdie Bloom is a Tragical—an orphan doomed to an unhappy ending. Agnes Prunella Crunch is a witch. The wicked kind. In Wanderly, a meeting between a witch and a Tragical can only end one way: tragically. But with the help of some mysterious Winds, a few wayward letters, and a very unusual book, the two might just form the kingdom's unlikeliest friendship—and together, rewrite their story into one that isn't very Tragical at all."I absolutely ADORED Birdie's story from beginning to end. The most charming book, footnotes and all!"—Liesl Shurtliff, New York Times bestselling author of Rump Views: 552
"Deliverance" meets "The Office". In this hilariously suspenseful novel, Catherine Dilts drops the employees of a manufacturing company into the Colorado wilderness in an entertaining twist on team building: The winner gets a raise; the loser gets axed. Trouble quickly ensues as the employees' goals shift from keeping their jobs to staying alive. Dilts assembles a memorable cast of characters that will have you alternately cringing at their antics or laughing out loud at their zany-but-earnest theories about jobs, relationships, and murder. If you work in corporate America or are contemplating a move into that man-eat-man world, Survive or Die will have you running for thePeace Corps. But you'll be laughing as you go. —Barbara Nickless, author of theaward-winning Sydney Parnell seriesYou think you're gonna Survive, but you're gonna Die. Die. Die.During a team-building exercise at a survivalist camp, once the setting for a popular reality TV... Views: 552
USA TODAY bestselling author Sheila Roberts takes readers to the charming, snowbound town of Pine River in this irresistible holiday romance.Sometimes you need to look beyond the big picture to see what really mattersOlivia Berg's charity, Christmas from the Heart, has helped generations of families in need in Pine River, Washington, but this year might be the end of the road. Hightower Enterprises, one of their biggest donors since way back when Olivia's grandmother ran the charity, has been taken over by Ebenezer Scrooge the Second, aka CFO Guy Hightower, and he's declared there will be no more money coming to Christmas from the Heart.Guy is simply being practical. Hightower Enterprises needs to tighten its belt, and when you don't have money to spare, you don't have money to share. You'd think even the pushy Olivia Berg could understand that.With charitable donations dwindling, Olivia's Christmas budget depends on Hightower's... Views: 552
