Genres : 150-320 Pages

Bill Brooks moves to a small farm in Clearwater, Vermont, seeking a new life. At an antique shop, he buys items for his mantelpiece from the owner, the beautiful, single Roselyn. One piece is covered with layers of paint. When Bill strips the paint away, he uncovers a beautifully made box with three words on it. The mystery of the box and his encounters with an older lady named Vivian, who keeps appearing uninvited, set Bill on a mission no...

She infiltrated his empire to expose him. He's been watching her the entire time.Anya is a journalist with a mission: expose the Russian Bratva leader who rules Moscow's underworld. Her cover? A waitress at his exclusive club. Her advantage? He doesn't know her real name or that she's looking for answers about her father's unsolved murder.What she doesn't know is that Dmitri Volkov has been watching her since the moment she walked through his doors. He's a man who sees...

A luxury yacht. A violent storm. A forbidden island that should not exist. Mia Kennedy, former ER nurse, never expected her one-month contract on a luxury yacht to strand her in a hidden vampire sanctuary built on danger and blood. Jude, the island’s Watcher and protector, senses danger the moment Mia arrives — and the dangerous pull between them threatens to shatter every rule he enforces. But he wants her. As forbidden desire ignites and buried secrets surface, Mia discovers...

Newman Turner details his methods of intensive pasture-based production of beef and dairy cows in tihs practical guide to profitable, labor-saving livestock production. He developed a system of complex herbal ley mixtures, or blends of pasture grasses and herbs, with each ingredient chosen to perform an essential function in providing a specific nutrient to the animal or enhancing the fertility of the soil. He explains his methods of cultivation, seeding and management.There are also chapters on year-round grazing, making silage...

Matthew Brock says goodbye to John at the homeless shelter. He helps break up an altercation between two people and finds himself shaken by a frightened, dirty young woman with eyes so beautiful they impaled him and refused to let go. He figures he will never see her again. But when he arrives home with his trailer in Coldwater, New Hampshire, he finds a nearly frozen body. The sheriff labels her a Jane Doe. Matt recognizes her as the young...

Can One Girl Win A War?Tenth Anniversary Edition — with new author essays on the history behind the seriesIn the chaos of Japan's century-long civil war, young Risuko is sold to the legendary Lady Chiyome and taken to a remote mountain school. There she's trained alongside other girls in skills no one will explain — cooking, dancing, spying — for a purpose she's not meant to understand. But Risuko is a climber. She goes where she's not supposed to go....

AI-FREE! 100% organic author-created content. No artificial intelligence was used in the writing of this book. If you enjoy stories about how love can win, despite terrible wrongs and extreme prejudice, this story is for you. A star-crossed love, treachery, and a desire that will not be denied. Briella Feher is in love, but not with her fiancé. Her father has exiled her from the sweeping plains of Montana to New York City “for her own safety,” commanding her to...

FROM AWARD-WINNING, BESTSELLING AUTHOR C.S. PASCOAL “Original, exceptional, and a riveting read from start to finish. The kind that keeps young readers fully engaged from beginning to end.” Midwest Book Review"Fast-paced and compelling, perfect for teens who want fiction grounded in the realities of the twenty-first century." The Children's Book ReviewEight kids nobody trusted. One room everyone forgot. Secrets the school was hiding.At an underfunded public school in Times Square, eight teens facing expulsion or worse are given one last...

This box set includes all four books below.CLAIRE - Book OneTwenty-three-year-old librarian Claire Helmsworth's life ran like clockwork. Everything happened like it was supposed to happen and when it was supposed to happen. No one lied, and no one made a promise he or she couldn't keep—and if they did? Even that was predictable, and Claire's predictions were never, ever wrong.One summer night, a planned phone call doesn't happen, setting in motion a disaster that destroys the ideal world Claire...

A skilled vampire hunter. A girl with immense power. And an ancient evil determined to claim it.Ruby grew up hunting vampires in the big city. But when the young coven witch moves to Spring Glen—a quiet town filled with hundreds of witches—she’s forced to trade her nocturnal hunts for being the weird kid at the local high school.Then she meets Sable. Her new best friend is an ordinary girl with no magic.Or so she thought.After a close brush with vampires...

Mary Louise Cason doesn’t believe in Prince Charming; she just writes about him for a living. But when her meddling mother sets her up on a blind date and an old flame moves in next door, she soon finds herself caught between two very charming men who are scrambling for her attention. That’s when the notes begin to arrive. “Tick Tock. I’m watching you.” As tensions rise and the threat escalates, Mary struggles to separate fact from fiction. Though one...

Some destinies are prisons. Some families are curses. And some witches refuse to be tamed.Sage Brighton was born to serve. As a Queen witch, her life – and her magic – belong to an immortal Lady who demands absolute loyalty. Along the mist-shrouded cliffs of the Pacific Northwest, Sage and her twin sister Wren are trained to be the Lady’s most powerful Hands. But behind the family’s shining legacy, secrets fester and rebellion stirs.When Wren’s recklessness threatens to expose them,...

A Deadly Secret Is About to Bloom in Willowberry. Willowberry's dahlia show and competition should be all ribbons, flowers, and friendly contestants. Instead, unpopular judge Dez Colby turns up dead, and Stella and her curious American Bulldog, Rex, are soon sniffing around another murder. Chief Detective Ben Morgan wants Stella to leave the investigating to him. But anonymous messages keep pointing her toward old betrayals and secrets someone desperately wants uncovered. Dez Colby had plenty of enemies. Growers he'd humiliated....

A magical captive. A mysterious elf.And a daring escape that could kill them all.Trapped with her sister under Korrack, a ruthless Mountain Troll warlord, Kestral Wynn survives by skimming coins, all the while hiding a magical secret that could get her killed.She’s spent years dreaming of escape. But when a new caravan arrives—carrying the captured elf Aelion—it throws her plans into disarray.Trolls and elves rarely mix. And Aelion senses Kest’s secret.Helping him risks exposure... but his homeland would be a...

You were not put on this earth to be excellent at work and emotionally unavailable to your own life.Burnout is what happens when you’ve overdone the same life lane for so long you go numb. You’re exhausted, bored, and running on fumes until something shocks you back into feeling alive. Consider this your shock.If you see yourself in this description, this book is for you. It’s your permission slip—and your exit plan—to break up with burnout without breaking up with...

She thought she'd buried her old life. Then she turned the photograph over.Six months after her divorce, former investigative journalist Julia Mercer comes to Sand Dollar Cove to disappear—to drink her coffee on the sand at dawn, to stop being the woman who couldn't let anything go.The little Cape Cod beach town is exactly what she needs: lighthouse and dune grass, a café that knows your order, and seven women past fifty who pull an eighth chair into their morning...

Bad luck seems to follow Grace Fortune wherever she goes. She was orphaned at a young age, and her musical talent got her accepted to a prestigious school for the arts, where she was caught in the middle of horrific school shooting that nearly takes her life.But then she meets gorgeous loner, Jared Lorn, and falls madly in love. There is only one problem. Jared is not exactly human. He's a Nephilim, an angel/human hybrid, descended from a cursed line...

I came back to Ironridge to bury my father. Not to fall apart. Not to stay.The garage he left me changed the first plan. The man who taught him everything changed the rest.Scar. Forty-four. Silver-templed, battle-scarred, and the most respected wolf in the Iron Fang Reapers. He was my father's closest brother. The man who's been alone so long the club stopped expecting anything different from him.He looks at me like he knows exactly what I am — and exactly...

Francesca Costa fled New York to escape a murder charge she didn't deserve. Now she has to risk it all to help a stranger. Frankie Stone disappeared for good reason. An obsessed detective convinced she's a killer. A powerful father is intent on controlling her life. So she built a new life off the grid — no name, no trail, no past.If she's found, she goes to prison.When she witnesses a desperate, abused wife kill her husband in self-defense, Frankie...

"Bit by Bit: Time to join the Block party and get in on the coin-versation" by Mark Venables is an enlightening and propitious guide to the exhilarating world of blockchain technology and cryptocurrency. This comprehensive yet accessible volume is poised to be your essential guide as it navigates the often-confusing sphere of digital currency and blockchain systems. It's a must-read for novices and experts alike who have a keen interest in these rapidly evolving tech spheres. The book takes readers...

In Willowberry, some secrets don’t stay buried…no matter how carefully they’re planted. Café owner Stella Ray is ready to help with the town’s annual Garden Tour. Pastries prepped, tables set, and her bulldog Rex already forming opinions about the guests. But when one of the tour’s most demanding hosts collapses in the middle of a garden demonstration, the perfect weekend takes a very dark turn. It doesn’t take long for Stella to realize just how many people had a reason...

Dr. Isak Corell is a curator of dead things, an archivist of Earth’s lost ecosystems. But when he is exiled to the Pavonis Mons colony on Mars, he finds a world on the brink of asphyxiation. The nitrogen is running out. The terraforming has failed. And Earth, governed by a paralyzed bureaucracy terrified of risk, has cut the supply lines.With 500 days of air remaining, Isak realizes the machines cannot be fixed. The only solution is to fix the operator.Partnering...

A wrong turn. A mysterious train. A trip through time that should have been impossible.Cyrus Grieve has spent his life chasing baseball. A veteran scout with an eye for talent and a love of the game, he's seen just about everything. Then, on a scouting trip through rural Pennsylvania, he boards a train and arrives somewhere he cannot explain.Black Springs, Indiana.Suddenly trapped in another time, Cyrus finds himself living inside a mystery that history insists has already happened. As he...

One voice. One beat. One obsession. Under the shadows of Queens, lyricist MC Malevolent and visionary beat producer DJ Loco rise from grimy recording booths to viral sensation. From underground rap battles to spotlight domination, they attempt to build an empire side by side, bound by loyalty forged in hunger and ambition. Until Portia Fairchild, a talented classical pianist, mysteriously steps into their lives with a composed exterior that both men crave. She was raised in a military family and...

He won her heart, but now he might lose his way Without a home to call their own, young Franko and his father, Ringo, lived their lives venturing across the kingdom of Wyverly as traveling merchants. They moved about from town to town finding work and opportunities whenever they arose. They lived a simple and care-free life, sleeping under the stars and letting tomorrow worry about itself. Just the way Franko liked it. But when they are ambushed by a...

Long live the king, but can he find a way to win his mate?Ranger was now a king. Once he hit the rank of general on his home planet, he had known eventually he would be king. But at that time, he had thought he would be a king at home. That just shows that life can change directions easily. He'd found his fated mate and he had no intention of leaving her behind and he knew at this point...

A heartbreaking loss. A life-changing secret. Will the truth bring three daughters closer together or tear them apart? Morgan, Charlotte, and Abby Weiss are filled with mixed emotions. After their beloved mother took her own life without leaving a note, the siblings go through the motions of a funeral while grappling with grief and anger at their parent’s actions. Leaning into their close connection and taking a break from their lives, their men, and their personal issues, they move into...

Her sourdough is to die for... but someone took that literally.Caroline Baker thought she'd left the cutthroat world of professional baking behind when she transformed her grandmother's café into Milburn's most beloved gathering spot. But when her former boss—celebrity chef and notorious food critic Sophia Montgomery—arrives to judge the town's bicentennial baking competition, old wounds are reopened faster than a warm oven.After a very public argument where Sophia threatens to reveal a secret that could destroy everything Caroline has built,...

Witch, Warlock, Whatever…My name’s Devon Jinx, and, yes, I’m half warlock, half witch. But I couldn't care less about which kind of magic is better. All I want to do is keep my head down and get on with my new job as an investigator at the Hunted Witch Agency.A recent, shall we say, mistake, has put me in place to inherit the leadership of the warlocks. Which means only one thing. I have a choice to make: Leave behind...

Every rule says hands off my curvy little office manager. Until her manuscript lands in my inbox… And I read every filthy fantasy she's ever had. About me. She thinks I called her in to fire her. She has no idea what I really want. Because behind these designer suits and this billion-dollar empire, I'm not the man she wrote. I'm worse. I run this city from the shadows. I give orders that end careers—and lives. I have no business...

Sometimes traditions need to be broken. Even at the risk of losing everything. Akira Hayashi seems to have it all but looks can be deceiving. Although she’s the Lead Darling for the luxury lingerie brand Delcinia, she’s been relentlessly shamed for her career choice and pressured to join her family’s well respected real estate brokerage firm. When she meets Trevor Jones, the drummer for Crimson Shadows at Delcinia’s annual Scholarship Charity Ball, she immediately recognizes her soulmate. She’s certain her...

“I’m done waiting around. You’re mine. No more games or pining over someone else when it’s me you want. You won’t remember his name after I get through with you.” Lily knows exactly what she wants in life. To graduate, land a high-paying job, and forge her own way. Nothing will distract her. Until the ultimate playboy, billionaire Sebastian Dubree, barges in. Not to be overlooked, Lily’s longtime crush, Jackson, decides she’s worth the fight. Reluctant to succumb to either,...

Cassie's soul cries for justice yet seeking revenge blinds her from those who care about her. Taking on the load of chieftain, after her brother's death, and the responsibilities that go along with it, including the care of the younger tree trolls, she longs for adult companionship. The majority of her clan had died in the war with the humans and Cassie is traumatized from watching the king's dragons feast on her friends. Trying to survive and control the fortress...

**THE SANCTUARY PROTOCOL**Petra Voss has spent six years white-knuckling every decision in her life — the company she built, the calendar she runs on, the version of herself that never once says *I don't know what I want.* Her husband Callum books them five days at a resort so exclusive it doesn't have a website that actually explains what it is. Just a name. The Sanctuary. And a promise that for five days, her body isn't hers to manage anymore.But...

Book 2 of the USA TODAY BESTSELLING Death by Chocolate Series.Rodney Bradford comes into Lindsay's restaurant, offers to buy her small house for double its value, eats her brownies, and drops dead on the sidewalk in front.Next her almost-ex-husband offers to sign the divorce papers, but only if she'll give him her small, old house and take his big, new house instead.Suddenly everybody wants Lindsay's house. Is there oil under the basement, plans to bring the railroad through, pirate treasure...

War Veteran. Used car dealer. Occasional lover of beautiful women. Wanna be amnesiac. Cramden Cooper is back on the street after serving time for fighting over his own little grid coordinate of the war with more enthusiasm than the Top Brass thought was appropriate. Now that he’s out, he's running a predatory used car lot in the seediest part of Denver to exact revenge on a society that’s turned its back on him. All he has left are a few...

Lemmi and her friends are relaxing as much as anyone can in the falling down farmhouse they call home when something shatters their world. A ghost? A troll? Paws actually being quiet? No, it's their friend Liam and he has big news. There's a town ribbon-cutting competition, and fame and glory are on the line. To make matters worse, Lemmi almost gets in an accident when a murdered ghost cuts across her path. To top it all off, Jasper's grandfather...

My ex cheated on me with my best friend. His father made me forget they both exist. I went to collect my things and leave the past behind. Instead, I crashed my car in a snowstorm and ended up snowed in with a man who made me feel more in one night than my ex did in two years. Then I learned his name. Anton Sokolov. My ex's father. Bratva boss. Twice my age. And not the kind of man...

A hands-on barn and field guide designed for quick and easy use, presenting a thorough examination of animals in the barn and then listing symptoms with many pictures of what the farmer is seeing, possible conclusions, and then giving a concise set of treatments. The treatments are ones that Dr. Karreman has found to work consistently well during 15 years in the trenches working with organic cows. Basic backgrounding in the fundamentals for organic and holistic thinking about livestock is...

This collection of essays reveals a carefully organized and convincing explanation by Albrecht about the interconnection between soil, plants and animals that everything is related to everything else. In these papers Albrecht reveals the importance of the balance equation, that it isn't enough to have nutrient to soil connections, it is the ratio of one element to another that counts. Albrecht's insight further reveals that an ounce of prevention in the form of balanced plant nutrition from fertile soils is...

This valuable collection of essays in volume 6 reveals the insights of a brilliant soil scientist who was ahead of his time in connecting the relationship between soil, plants and animals. Read about Albrecht’s substantiated theory and observation that insufficient soil fertility was responsible for poor crops, weeds and thereby a poor diet for the cow in terms of her food choice and her output.

The chemical-based conventional agriculture industry claims that the synthesized concoctions they sell as pesticides, herbicides, and insecticides are safe when used as directed, but does the scientific evidence truly support their assertions? Organic agriculturist and lecturer André Leu delves into a wealth of respected scientific journals to present the peer-reviewed evidence that proves the claims of chemical companies and pesticide regulators are not all they seem. Leu translates technical jargon into layman's terms to break down the five most repeated...

In these times of ecological peril, looming agricultural production problems, and creeping human health disaster it behooves all farmers and eaters to turn attention systems which are time-tested. And “time-tested” means millennia, not mere decades. The several decades since the advent of chemical farming have thrown challenges to ecologies and humans as not experienced in the thousands of years prior. In this multi-authored work readers will connect the dots between the cause of modern disease in toxic farming fields and...

Composting has long been the backbone of a more nature-friendly, healthy form of gardening and farming. Compost Revolution brings a true revolution of thought to this vital subject. This breakthrough content in this book was long available only as first published in German; it is now available to English-speaking world and is certain to bring a fresh spotlight on the efficacy of vermicomposting. The author brilliantly combines classic and cutting-edge research with real-world experience in gardens and horticultural applications. Farmers...

We don't need to poison the earth in order to grow better food, and what is harmful to the environment when improperly disposed of often can be turned back to the soil in a beneficial way through composting—if you know how. Here's how. Malcolm Beck's Garden-Ville is one of the largest commercial composting operations in the country. He shares his insight into the processes of decay that can transform everything from lawn trimmings to sewer sludge into life-giving earth. Coupled...

The practical side of using rockdusts as fertilizers, compost enrichers, and plant growth enhancers is discussed in this exciting book from Acres U.S.A. Beginning with an explanation of the spiritual, cosmic side of rocks and drawing from his extensive knowledge of biodynamic techniques and dowsing, Lisle explains how to utilize these materials in agriculture. Peppered with in-depth quotations from other writings on the forces within rocks, this is destined to be the definitive work on the subject. Life's tenuous connections...

In today's market, range-rearing of swine can provide the family farm with a key venture for diversification and provide a good cash flow - perhaps no other large animal enterprise offers as fast a turnaround on investment. With the informed consumer expressing concerns about the issues with factory farming and willing to pay a premium to get a healthy, quality alternative - range-produced pork is more and more the right answer. This comprehensive book on raising hogs the natural way...

This book belongs in the hands of anyone who eats and wants to understand what it takes to produce healthy food. Through new ideas and a different perspective, Marty shares a winning formula for success in modern family farming. Written by the co-owner of the Spence Farm featured in the documentary, "Sustainable," this book provides the reader with the necessary steps an owner-operator must take to set up their family farm for long-term success. It's a must read for anyone...

Hunted by a killer. Stalked by the wild. In the heart of Yellowstone, survival is the only rule. Jane thought it would be just another day helping her father with his wolf research. But when she witnesses his brutal murder, her world shatters. With his last breath, he urges her to run-and now, lost and alone in the vast wilderness, Jane must navigate Yellowstone's unforgiving terrain.But the dangers aren't only human. A hungry bear, charging bison, and an unexpected blizzard...

Farmer's daughter Maureen agreed completely with her mother's admonition: Never marry a farmer. Her marriage to a science geek with a good job meant a house on a lake and clean hands-until the farmer hidden inside him started scrabbling to escape. What began as a willingness to put up with his buying a tractor and renting a field becomes an all- encompassing endeavor to learn how to drive, raise, train, and work draft horses, grow and sell their crops, care...