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Life has returned to normal in Parfait, Florida. Unfortunately, normal is a relative term for Sunny Charles, who's hoping that everything will stay peaceful in the Sunny Side Up Café. When Sunny's aunt goes missing, she's convinced that nefarious causes are to blame, ones related to Sunny's looming past and newly deceased ex-husband. To make matters worse, a friend of Sunny's new beau is murdered - a case of poisoning by lemon meringue pie. If Sunny doesn't solve the case, she might wind up losing two people in one fell swoop.

Poppyridge inn is in chaos when Abby discovers the body of a strange man in a guest room. But he isn't a stranger to everyone. When detectives suspect her father, she doesn't know what to believe. Cassandra has just arrived back at the inn after a much-needed Caribbean cruise, and caution tape was the last thing she expected to run into. When she learns that Abby's father is about to take the blame for the murder, she's determined to help. After all, she can sense things about people and has no doubt Briggs is innocent.

Della Rose desperately needs a Christmas miracle to make it back home in time for her sons’ holiday concert. It’s just that the single mom never imagined Santa would arrive in the form of her plane’s seatmate, the grumpy, gorgeous Roman Everson. With flights delayed, Della’s out of options. She needs Roman to drive her back to Somerset Lake, even if his un-jolly mood threatens to drain her Christmas cheer. The season may have Roman feeling grinch-like, but he needs a favor, too, so he makes a deal with Della.

The brutally beaten body of a young girl is discovered in a marsh in Jamesport, one of New York’s most elite suburbs. Police comb the area, while many speculate her murder might be connected to the abduction, six months earlier, of three girls from Jamesport. The FBI has evidence of an underage prostitution and trafficking ring which may be related.

In an elite suburb of New York City, girls are dying. That doesn’t happen in Greenvale, with its immaculate lawns, exclusive yacht clubs and multi-million dollar mansions. But behind its perfect façade, its trimmed hedges and luxury cars, a darkness lies. Girls, dependent on Adderall, outmaneuver each other to get into top colleges, while the mothers’ need to live vicariously only makes it worse.

The Big Book of Christmas: Classic Stories and Poems is a grand compilation that assembles a treasure trove of holiday tales and poems from a remarkable array of authors. This extensive collection includes 100 classic works, each thoughtfully illustrated, to immerse readers in the magic and wonder of the Christmas season. This anthology spans a rich tapestry of Christmas literature, including timeless favorites such as "The Gift of the Magi," "The Red Room," "A Letter from Santa Claus," "The Fir Tree," "Song of the Holly," and many more.

What’s on the menu at the Sunny Side Up Café? Murder...When Sunny Charles’ aunt comes back from her vacation, Sunny couldn’t be happier. Aunt Rita will take over and relieve all the pressure. No more dealing with mean customers, or worrying about when the air-conditioner will go on the fritz, or whether a local food vlogger is about to drop dead in the middle of the café. At least, that’s what she thinks. Things never go to plan in Parfait, and when the dead body of her aunt’s worst enemy turns up on the beach, everybody’s convinced that Aunt Rita had a lot to do with it.

What’s worse than cold chicken noodle soup? A dead ex-husband...When Sunny Charles opens her aunt’s café on a sunny Monday morning in small-town Parfait, Florida, she’s looking forward to a day of challenging work cooking and serving customers. The last thing she expects is to find her ex-husband lying dead on the floor, right between the coffee bar and the cake stand. Distraught, confused, and definitely a prime suspect, Sunny has to figure out why her ex-husband is even in Parfait in the first place, let alone murdered.

Sunny Charles has only just gotten used to running her aunt’s café. It’s been a learning curve, what with the moody customers, the eggs over easy, and now, her chef leaving for a baking course for five full days. With him gone, she’s in charge of everything "food" - and cooking is not her strong suit. Sunny’s got to hire outside help, but when she goes over to her aunt’s best friend’s house looking for advice, she walks in on a dead body instead. And the murderer, shrouded in darkness, mid-escape....

Would you like to be able to improve your emotional intelligence? How would enhanced social skills help you become a better leader and influence those around you? This book is the first step to expand your influence....

When Abby and Chase celebrate their daughter's second birthday, they're surprised to find a mysterious gift on the table. Inside it lies a startling reminder. The ring Abby got when she was young, and a note from Kyle, the boy she feared. Having left the country years ago, she never expected to hear from him again, but somehow he's found her.

The Lane women are bibliomancers, but Cassie sees her divination not as a gift, but as a curse - one from which she desperately wants to escape. It turns out, though, that running from her fate isn’t as easy as she thought it would be. When a woman goes missing, and a neighbor is found dead, Cassie turns to the books she’s always avoided to help her find the truth.

"The ones who are able to see the high meaning of beauty are cultural people. However, the chosen one is the one who sees only one thing in beauty: the Beauty itself" said one of the most famous English poets, writers, playwrights, a bright and inimitable Oscar Wilde (1854-1900). Oscar Wilde is the author of not only the world famous novel Portrait of Dorian Gray, but also of beautiful fairy tales combining the rich imagination of the writer and the ironic style of narration. Every detail has a symbolic meaning and beauty, along with the good, acts as an inseparable whole.

Jane's World is the finest Jane Austen theme park the future has to offer—until The Troubles start. In a world full of androids, who's to say what is real?

The preceding first line of the epic YA fantasy thrill-ride, Phoenix Rising: Initiation is just a harbinger of the immersive 21st-century interpretation of the classic battle of good vs evil, which deftly weaves together past lives, mythical creatures, interstellar conflict, and the timeless dance of soulmates into one desperate struggle for survival in a land of incrementally increasing peril.

Pippin Lane Hawthorne’s grand opening of Sea Captain’s Inn is tainted when a scholar studying the Lost Colony of Roanoke is brutally murdered. Like the black crow that hangs around the old house, could the untimely death be a harbinger of dark things to come? When her twin brother, Grey, begins bucking the curse by risking his life in the waters of the Outer Banks, Pippin lives in terror that he’ll be the next Lane male to be swallowed by the sea. Now she must use her gift of bibliomancy to save her brother, solve the murder, and end a 2,000-year-old pact.

Only one thing can make veterinarian Noah Cuthbert return to Magnolia Harbor—his mother's failing health. He'll do anything to help his family, including taking a short-term gig at the local animal clinic. What he doesn't count on is getting up-close-and-personal with the clinic's new manager, a woman whose love and compassion for every stray that crosses her path has him rethinking his plans to head back to his big-city life...

The Selfish Giant is a short fantasy story for children by the Irish author Oscar Wilde. It was first published in 1888 in the anthology The Happy Prince and Other Tales. The story's plot revolves around a giant who builds a wall to keep children out of his garden, but learns compassion from the innocence of the children. The short story contains significant religious imagery. The Selfish Giant owns a beautiful garden which has 12 peach trees and lovely fragrant flowers, in which children love to play after returning from the school.

To attain his dream, Kade Vaughn must ride the toughest bulls on the circuit. There's only one glitch. Now the cowboy's on a forced vacation at his friends' ranch. To get through each day, Pansy Lark pretends to be other women through cosplay. Famous, strong women who took what they wanted from life. She lost it all, but she's not that weak girl anymore.

Despite numerous struggles and tragedies, the Middleton and Kelly families live humble and faith-filled lives on the Atlantic Ocean resort town of Chincoteague Island, Virginia. The tight-knit families represent everything Nick Black hopes to have - loving parents, welcoming homes, and stable lives. But a broken heart confirms his belief that he is worthy of everlasting happiness. Taylor Murray wants nothing more than to be one of the world-famous Chincoteague Island Saltwater Cowboys, but a long-standing tradition stands in her way and pits her against her friends and neighbors.