by admin | Feb 19, 2025 | Children & Middle Grade |
Amelia, a six-year-old girl, has an unusual best friend: Paco, a grumpy, talking polar bear.During a game of hide-and-seek in the backyard, they discover a ladybug without any spots. They start a well-intentioned mission to “fix” their spot-free friend, causing chaos among the other garden creatures.After a near-disastrous turn of events, they come to understand what’s been hiding in plain sight.In this latest adventure from the Amelia & Paco series, your child will once again discover the joy of outdoor play and the power of imagination. Through the misadventures of two unlikely friends, they’ll learn that the best solutions often come from seeing the world through a different lens.Plus, it’s a great way to spark fun conversations with your kids about bugs, habitats, and all the cool things they can find right in their own backyard or neighborhood.
by admin | Feb 19, 2025 | Cozy Mystery |
Just when residents thought life was settling down in small-town Wilfred, Oregon, poison pen letters begin to arrive. Who can celebrate the retreat’s success or the opening of The Wallingford Guesthouse when secrets and less than neighborly transgressions are aired? Librarian Josie Way is lucky to be a witch, since the spellbound books know plenty about murders . . . Surprised by an unexpected visit from her oddly pensive mother, Josie hopes to distract her with a visit to the Aerie, the clifftop manor where the recently passed Reverend Clarence Duffy lived. Inside, however, Josie hears hissed warnings from boxes of the preacher’s old books—and once home, from the library’s detective novels. When Wilfred residents start to receive threatening letters the next day, the witch-in-training is determined to uncover the missives’ author . . . But not before the dead body of one of the reverend’s sons is discovered at the bottom of the cliff. Unsettled by the Wilfred residents’ crumbling friendships—and by her mother’s reason for her visit—Josie has her hands full of dilemmas. Sheriff Sam is no help—he laughs off the letter he receives. Then Josie finds one addressed to her, stating that the author “knows her secret.” Josie must trust her fledgling sorcery—as well as a bit of magic from a surprising source—to uncover the poison pen before anyone else receives a deadly delivery . . .
by admin | Feb 19, 2025 | Dark & Urban Fantasy |
Magic runs in the family. Unfortunately, chaos is Paige’s specialty.When Paige Turner inherits her mother Reed’s knack for attracting magical disasters, she also inherits her mother’s unfinished business—protecting a library of dangerous magical artifacts and keeping the world safe from things better left shelved.Armed with quick wit, questionable luck, and a snarky teacup dragon named Dewey, Paige faces an ever-growing list of problems: magical artifacts, vengeful undead, interdimensional mishaps, and more surprises than she’s ready for.But it’s not just about survival. Somewhere in the chaos lies the key to rescuing her mother, Reed, whose mysterious disappearance left Paige to pick up the pieces. As she fends off magical calamities and shadowy enemies, Paige learns that protecting the world isn’t just about wielding power—it’s about finding herself along the way.This complete series includes all eight laugh-out-loud books and the prequel novella that started it all. If you love slapstick humor, quirky characters, and fantasy worlds brimming with unpredictable magic hidden just below the real world’s surface, Shelving Magic is your next binge-read obsession.Grab your copy, and get ready to laugh, gasp, and cheer as Paige turns magical mishaps into heroic triumphs—one disaster at a time.
by admin | Feb 19, 2025 | Dark & Urban Fantasy |
USA Today Bestselling author, W.J. May brings you a continuation of the international bestselling series, The Chronicles of Kerrigan! Come back and enjoy the famous characters, or step into the series right here. You won’t be disappointed! Grab the first three books of the 12 book series!Book 1 – School of PotentialHow do you save the world, when it’s already been saved?Eighteen-year-old Aria was supposed to have it all. A tight-knit circle of friends, a loving family, and a magical tatu on her lower back that gave her every superpower under the sun. When it came to the battle between good and evil, she was ready to do her part. There was just one little problem.…good had already won.Trapped beneath their parents’ legacy, Aria and her friends find themselves restlessly pacing the halls of Guilder University, desperate to come into their powers, desperate for whatever comes next. The months blend together, each more monotonous than the next, until one day, no different than any other, a mysterious stranger comes to school.Determined to uncover his secrets and driven by a fierce need to prove themselves, the new gang does whatever it takes to show the rest of the world they’re ready. But that readiness comes at a cost.Will it be a price they’re willing to pay?Book 2 – Myths & MagicIt was a trial by fire…When a vicious murder rocks the Guilder Boarding School, Aria and her friends find themselves on shaky ground. When everyone has motive, everyone’s a suspect. And thanks to a public brawl with the victim, Aria Wardell was seen to have more motive than most.While fending off a ward of accusations from both the students and the faculty alike, Aria struggles to find balance in her life amidst the shocking development of some new powers. A new group of shifters on campus raise more questions than answers, and no matter how the world is crumbling around her, she can’t get a certain moonlit kiss out of her mind.Trouble is brewing. Secrets can’t stay secret for long.Will she ever get answers? Or should some secrets be taken to the grave?Book 3 – Kith & KinIf you can’t beat them, join them…When yet another attack leaves the students of Guilder University looking for answers, Aria decides to take matters into her own hands. Armed with a set of powers she’d vowed never to use, she follows the clues to the killer—only to find that nothing is as it seems.The world is changing. Alliances are shifting. And the very foundations of the supernatural community are at risk. Like it or not, people are starting to take sides.But will Aria and her friends find themselves on the right side of the fight? Or are some sins too big to come back from?Kerrigan KidsBook 1 – School of PotentialBook 2 – Myths & MagicBook 3 – Kith & KinBook 4 – Playing With PowerBook 5 – Line of AncestryBook 6 – Descent of HopeBook 7 – Illusion of ShadowsBook 8 – Frozen by the FutureBook 9 – Guilt of My PastBook 10 – Demise of MagicBook 11- Rise of the ProphecyBook 12 – Deafened by the Past
by admin | Feb 19, 2025 | General Nonfiction |
The true crime story of the Gilded Age revenge killing that shocked New York City and the world—from a New York Times–bestselling author.“A terrifically entertaining work of popular history: swiftly paced, richly evocative, engrossing from the first page.” —Wall Street JournalIn 1901 Evelyn Nesbit, a sixteen-year-old chorus girl in the musical Florodora, dined alone with the architect Stanford White in his town house on 24th Street in New York City. White was forty-seven, the foremost architect of his day, and a celebrity responsible for designing numerous landmark buildings in Manhattan. That evening, after drinking champagne, Nesbit lost consciousness and awoke to find herself naked in bed with White, who had raped her.Evelyn spoke of it to no one until, sever years later, she confided in Harry Thaw, the millionaire playboy who would become her husband. Thaw, thirsting for revenge, shot and killed White in 1906 before hundreds of theatergoers during a performance at Madison Square Garden. The trial was a sensation that gripped the nation. Most Americans agreed that Thaw was justified in killing White, but the city’s district attorney expected to send him to the electric chair. Evelyn Nesbit’s testimony was so explicit and shocking that President Theodore Roosevelt himself called on the newspapers not to print it. The Girl on the Velvet Swing is a tale of glamour, excess, and danger—an immersive, fascinating look at the murder that made the Gilded Age and the trial that shocked the world.“Baatz has resurrected a forgotten saga of lust, lucre and lunacy that would seem improbable if it were merely fiction. . . . This true-life theater is packed with action [and] surprises.” ?David Holahan, USA Today“Simon Baatz has written a wickedly enjoyable book that enthralled me from start to finish. This multifaceted tale, rendered with an expert’s touch, encompasses the aspirations and vices of an entire era.” ?Laurence Bergreen, author of Capone
