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What if the pond in the park was a gateway to another world? What if there really were faeries in the rose garden? Within this book are contained: a dryad mistaken for a gardener, a bit of good old-fashioned frog kissing, gnomes in love, a heroic faerie prince, hot chocolate, and an elk named Bianca. Four original fairytales, a short novella, and more—inspired by the author’s love of fairytales.

Zombies have killed everyone in the Benton household - all except 20-something Jennifer. She's escaped her bedroom, but what now? Waterbank, Illinois, is overrun. Where can she go? A chance encounter with seven other young survivors points her toward Texas. A charismatic, handsome young man named Mark says he can lead them all to his family's ranch. He's sure they'll be safe there. Jennifer wants to trust him, with her life and possibly her heart.

Robin Mulcahey has always dreamed of being a big-time actress. As a college student, she took endless drama classes and finally snagged the lead of Maggie in Tennessee Williams's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Now, six years later, she's one of the country's hottest soap-opera stars. She's just won a Daytime Emmy for her portrayal of South Riding's bad girl, and now when it seemed life couldn't get any more perfect, she's wed Declan Blair, an up-and-coming Irish film actor. So what's the problem? Robin Mulcahey is dead.

In 1952 Kentucky, 18-year-old Lily Foster, the daughter of strict Southern Baptist parents, becomes pregnant by the town “bad boy” - and just like that, she finds herself married to a man who doesn't want to be a husband. Jake has no intention of letting the inconvenience of marriage stop him from what he believes is his due. In actuality, Lily is the one who is trapped. She loves Jake - always has - and she's convinced she can eventually make him love her. All it will take is desire and patience.

Things are changing for Cally Friedrich.... Her best friend, Bobby Dearborn, is dead in a tragic accident. Cally can only sit in the back of the church during the public service to try and avoid gossip. Bobby's persistent friendship with the Friedrichs, a family of car thieves, brought on rumors of drugs and every other nasty speculation the small Texas town decided to dream up. Rick, Bobby's brother, is sure the Friedrichs had something to do with his death.

Follow the adventures of cheerful, joke-loving Jolly Robin, and learn along with him how a robin survives in the wild. In this book, lighthearted Jolly learns how to find food, how to fly, and how to get along with the other animals (and people) in his community. With his sense of humor, can Jolly make a vocation of laughing for others? Can his friend Jimmy Rabbit help solve the mystery of the eerie white giant in the orchard? Should he trust Jasper Jay to teach him a better way to fly south for the winter?

Love Inspired Suspense brings you three full-length stories in one collection! Enjoy action-packed stories in the K-9 Search and Rescue series featuring K-9 crime-stoppers solving thrilling mysteries that will keep you on the edge of your seat! Tracking Stolen Treasures - Lisa Phillips To expose...

Armed criminals on the loose and threats around every corner... Security officer Hailey Blue narrowly escapes alive when she’s ambushed by masked bank robbers — and held at gunpoint. Her rescuer? Corporal Caleb Perry, the man she once loved and the secret father of her child, who is back in...

He’s “Mister” Crow because he can’t stand his first name (for good reason!), but no one calls him Old to his face. Listen as Old Mr. Crow is mightily tricked by Mr. Frog the tailor, learns some downsides to owning the only umbrella in Pleasant Valley, and very nearly loses his standing in the local crow community. Oh! and he has a near miss with the worst case of gout Aunt Polly Woodchuck has ever seen!

A criminal conspiracy. A kidnapped suspect. Can a K-9 team uncover the truth? To expose a vicious jewel theft ring, undercover FBI agent Alena Sanchez pursues a prime suspect at a mountain resort. Only the woman vanishes — forcing Alena to team up with search-and-rescue officer Hank Miller and...

Precocious seventeen-year-old Bab, with a sizeable sense of the romantic and an over-developed sense of the dramatic, shares how these traits get her into continuous scrapes via school themes, journals, and articles meant for publication. How can a made-up paramour appear at a ball? Will Bab find inspiration or romance from the neighboring vacation cottage? How can she save the career of her latest (and dearest) love? Managing an allowance is easy—isn’t buying a car to save on shoe repair fiscally responsible? Is the family’s butler a spy for Germany?

We’re introduced to Patti Fix-It, a self-described "Rainbow Child" and veggie lover. In this first story in a series, book one, "Billy the Bully", Patti tells of her amazing gift to make people feel better when she "fixes" their problems. In “Billy the Bully”, we see her create a positive change in a tense situation at the neighborhood playground.

Mouse was sleeping soundly, in the barn, when the sounds of thunder and lightning awoke him. As the rain sweeps through the barn, Little Mouse finds himself swept along, and the journey continues at a pace as his little coconut shell bed becomes a boat. As he continues on his journey, mouse sails past some of his farmyard friends stranded by the rising waters. What will happen to mouse? Will his impromptu boat journey keep him safe? Will he return to the farm? Travel with mouse on his new adventurous journey.

Shattered dreams and survival, the subtle shift from depression to hope. Brittle, edgy poetry full of irony and dark humour. Witty and poignant, in an intensely personal voice.

The latest offering from this quirky poet. Diverse subjects such as ambitions, relationships, loneliness, insecurities and politics amongst others.

Covering diverse topics such as love, archaeology, depression, happy memories, sleeping pills and the dentist - full of irony, dark humor, wit and smiles.

The end of a relationship. We've all been there. Christine Burke goes through all the emotions in these verses - shock, anger, sadness, loneliness - describing how she felt about herself, her ex, and the broken family ties. Written in a brittle, edgy style, full of irony and dark humor. The first of four books showing the depression after the break-up and the changing attitude leading to 'moving on'.

On a snowy February day in 2011, 62-year-old Cindy Sweet receives a Facebook message from a dead man - Warrant Officer Ryan Quinlan, who supposedly died in Vietnam 40 years earlier. He'd been Cindy's fiancé before an RPG took out his Dustoff chopper, killing all aboard. Cindy, a young combat nurse at the 24th Evacuation Hospital at Long Binh, had been devastated by her loss but, with no other choice, had served out her year in Vietnam - and even found love again.

Jennifer Benton has made it through the zombie apocalypse and has fallen in love with Mark, the charismatic leader of a group of fellow survivors. He's brought them from Illinois to hoped-for shelter at his family's Texas ranch, only to discover it destroyed. The survivors have one more chance when Mark befriends Todd in a nearby refugee camp; he invites the group to fly with him to his wealthy family's home in Oklahoma. But what's inside Todd's house may be worse than the zombies outside. And now Jennifer has more than Mark and herself to worry about....

Cold Case Tracker A missing sibling. A targeted witness. A K-9 on the case. K-9 officer Jackson Locke’s sister has vanished — and the key to finding her lies with Amy Scout...his sister’s best friend and his old crush. But when Amy comes under attack, two things become clear: Jackson’s...