Check in for some Southern hospitality in Plantation Shudders, the Cajun Country series debut from Ellen Byron.It’s the end of the summer and prodigal daughter Maggie Crozat has returned home to her family’s plantation turned bed-and-breakfast in Louisiana. The Crozats have an inn full of guests for the local food festival—elderly honeymooners, the Cajun Cuties, a mysterious stranger from Texas, a couple of hipster lovebirds, and a trio of Georgia frat boys. But when the e...

Juniper Bean has big plans for her writing career. Swoony kisses, sigh-inducing happily ever afters—she’s going to write them all. There’s just one problem: she can’t seem to stop killing off her main characters. After accepting that a genre change is in order, Juniper sets out to do some research. What’s the best way to carry a dead body? How exactly does one pick a lock? Juniper is going to find out—with the unwilling help of her new roommate, Aiden. But Juniper’s plans go haywire when s...

Once upon a time…I fell for my brother's best friend.I'm not proud of myself, okay? But these things happen when you're young and impressionable. The point is, I got over it. I moved on.Except now Felix Caine is back—back with his easy smile and sparkling eyes, and he’s making me an offer I (literally) can’t refuse. He needs help with a romantic article he’s writing, and he won’t take no for an answer.The more time I spend with him, the more I remem...

Maybe, when you are small and very different, you must be bolder and braver and more daring than your brothers and sisters. Maybe that's why there is never a dull moment when you are a little mouse boy who just happens to be yellow. This collection of short stories chronicles the adventures of two little yellow mouse cousins, their yellow great grandfather mouse, and the children who loved them. It is the perfect book to read aloud to your children, grandchildren, or anyone else - regardle...

Nine mothers share candid stories about their experiences losing young adult children in this collection for bereaved parents.Now revised, featuring a new chapter written from the perspective of surviving siblings."[An] eloquent volume. . . . Bereaved parents will find comfort, sympathy and support in this powerful, honest sharing of one of life's most painful experiences." — Publishers WeeklyThe death of a...

The Crozats feared that past murders at Crozat Plantation B&B might spell the death of their beloved estate, but they’ve managed to survive the scandal. Now there’s a très bigger story in Pelican, Louisiana: the upcoming nuptials between Police Chief Rufus Durand and Vanessa Fleer.Maggie Crozat, inexplicably tasked with being Vanessa’s maid of honor, quickly discovers why everyone else refused the assignment when the bridezilla hands her a long list of duties—the most important of ...

What happens when two exes find out their parents are dating?When Reese and Dominic secretly dated and then broke up five years ago, they knew they’d have to see each other again. They were from the same small town of Autumn Ridge, Vermont. Their families still lived there. It was inevitable.What Reese didn’t expect was to see Dominic across the table from her, being introduced as the son of her mother’s latest boyfriend.Dom and Reese can be exes. T...

An engrossing memoir in which a photojournalist records both the precursors to today’s conflicts in the Middle East and her own deeply felt conviction that news coverage of the region actually increases the conflicts there."You're going where?" Carol Spencer Mitchell's father demanded as she set off in 1984 to cover the Middle East as a photojournalist for Newsweek and other publications. In this intensely thoughtful memoir, Spencer Mitchell probes the mot...

Heidi Lucy has a secreta big one. A scary, dangerous, ugly one. Theres just one problem: thanks to a mysterious head wound, she cant seem to remember what that secret is. In order to regain her lost memories, Heidi sets out to retrace her stepsfollowed grudgingly by Soren, a faithful patron of her little bookshop and the less-than-thrilled recipient of the cryptic voicemail she cant remember leaving. But her journey gets derailed when one of Heidis customers drops dead in the middle of her...

My love for Luca Slater is not unrequited. It's just…not requited yet.Did I break into his house? Technically yes. And did I eavesdrop on that one tiny little conversation? Also yes. But I had good reasons!Unfortunately, Luca does not agree. So while I fell for him at first sight, his opinion of me is dismally low, and it’s about to get lower. Because as of today, I am officially working at his office…as the new janitor.

The man I met in the holding cell is my new boss.I repeat: Holding cell.New boss.Nightmare.Roman Drake is younger than me, inconveniently gorgeous, and way too good at pushing my buttons. I don’t need a playboy like him in my life, especially because I’m already plagued by my poor taste in men.Case in point? I’m currently working with my ex-boyfriend and his new girlfriend…at a matchmaking company. To make matters worse, my ...

The inspiring and fascinating biography of the sixth man to ever walk on the MoonOf the nearly seven billion people who live on Earth, only 12 have walked on the Moon and Dr. Edgar Mitchell was one of them. Earthrise is a vibrant memoir for young adults featuring the life story of this internationally known Apollo 14 astronaut. The book focuses on Edgar's amazing journey to the Moon in 1971 and highlights the many steps he took to get there, including grow...