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Nora Hale is Austin’s go-to wedding whisperer: color-coded timelines, disaster-proof spreadsheets, and zero emotional attachments. But when she’s hired to orchestrate a luxury Hill Country ceremony for her ex’s fiancée (awkward) and collides with the groom’s impossibly charming brother, Luca Reyes, her tidy world tilts. Between flower-crown fiascos, a runaway bartender, and two bachelor/-ette weekends that threaten to derail the big day, Nora discovers that controlling everything means feeling… nothing.

In Legends, Lore, & Longings, a curated treasury of short fiction, classic American authors spin tales that blur the line between myth and memory, past and present.

In "perfect" Prairie Village, three estranged adult children unite to clear out their late mom's house. Mom's Amazon addiction thrashes out their family dynamics, secrets, and lies. Reign reunites with her husband, but she has competition. Emma's falling in love with a dreamboat millionaire, but at a high cost, and Ted's falling in love with the family's archenemy. The siblings learn heartrending information that challenges the core of love, marriage, and family. A humorous, heartwarming, and inspirational story, the siblings prove that no one knows and loves you like family.

Sloane Miller has mastered keeping her walls high and her heart off-limits, especially to men like Beckett DeLuca, the cocky, ridiculously good-looking bartender who lives across the hall. Sure, he’s charming, funny, and somehow always there when she needs him… but she’s not interested. Absolutely not. Except late-night banter turned into lingering looks. A favor turned into flowers on her desk. And now Beckett has a way of showing up, coffee in hand, that slow, knowing smile on his lips.

A festive love story blossoms as the new AI world meets old world frescoes, Skye is challenged. AI has come to Heart Greeting Cards, and Skye's corporate creative job is in peril. Skye worries about her bullied daughters, her besties Taylor, and Terry, her aging beloved car, and her cantankerous cat Kitty Beast. AI threatens to take over the creative industry, and all Skye wants to do is escape to Pompeii, Italy, and teach fresco workshops.

From the beginning of time, God has called His children to share the Good News. One group of individuals He especially loves to call is artists. Looking at the sweeping majesty of a fiery sunset, or the delicate perfection of a single flower, I know that God is an artist. He uses beauty to share His love, and He calls artists to create beauty through their many mediums to spread His Word.

In “perfect” Prairie Village, one family is not-so-perfect. After their mom’s injury, three estranged siblings reunite, and reveal long-buried family mysteries. Reign, a former beauty queen, is married to her job. Emma soothes herself with booze, and Ted is becoming hooked on pain pills. As they deal with their mom’s Amazon addiction and quirky collection, their own lies to each other and themselves come to light.

Blood was found at his home in Franklin County, PA. All evidence pointed to one suspect: Scott North, a former employee of Carl’s, a regular attendee of Franklin County courts, and the son of a Chambersburg, PA cop. After burglarizing a tavern, a judge granted him work release, and then another dismissed a recent gun charge. Days later, he ran from his unsupervised worksite and began a crime spree that may have ended with the murder of Carl Wade Ryder.

Millions are fans of Diana Gabaldon's popular Outlander books and television series, but few know that Gabaldon's fictional Castle Leoch was inspired by a real Scottish castle, Castle Leod. The two sisters who lived there at the turn of the 20th century were among the most fascinating and talked-about women of their era.

A seemingly unremarkable woman in her sixties stows away on dozens of flights. Inspired by a true story, THE SERIAL STOWAWAY celebrates the audacity of her tactics and the absurdity of her encounters, including a scholar of shrugging, a protester suing the CIA for implanting images in his brain, and the forgotten half of a comedy duo looking to resuscitate her career on reality TV. Comic and penetrating, this novel portrays the strength that can hide in invisibility.

Detroit in the 1920s proved to be the Paris of the West for many—including Catherine McIntosh and Robert Sage. These two law school students are as passionate about each other as they are their dreams. From a poor family in the neighborhood of Corktown, Catherine learned early on, the necessity of being resilient. She becomes one of the first women in Detroit to obtain a law degree. Bob, the 'battling barrister,' boxes in order to pay for law school.

Mind Body Intelligence™ is a unique approach that combines mindfulness meditation techniques, mindful movement, and healing meditation practices, to foster emotional, physical and spiritual well-being. With deep roots in both Western and Buddhist psychology, MBI™ empowers the practitioner to reduce suffering and promote their own healing.