When an art critic descends on a local high school art show, two teen girls' lives are about to change. Told from the point of view of Beth Lindley, this astutely comic novel charts the outlandish eccentricities of art critic Neil Barris and his influence on the lives of Beth and her best friend and budding artist, Quincy California, as they come of age in the '60s L.A. art scene and beyond.An irresistible juxtapose of professorial charm, profound self-obsession, genuine belief in ...

They Were Never Silent invites readers into an intimate gathering where the women of the Bible finally have room to speak—not only about what they did, but about how it felt. Through imaginative conversations rooted in their biblical stories, women such as Eve, Hannah, Hagar, Vashti, Mary Magdalene, Rahab, Tamar, Abigail, and others share their struggles with grief, rejection, identity, courage, faith, survival, and redemption. Their stories remind us that these were not distant, ...

If the only constant in life is change, then lasting change begins by discovering your one constant—your energetic design written in the stars.In Astrology for Changemakers, learn how your birth chart becomes your guide to confidence, purpose, and making your mark on the world. A changemaker is anyone who dares to shift the story and do things differently. But making the world better starts by turning inward and shifting your story. What makes a changemake...

CAUGHT BETWEEN THE MOON AND NEW YORK CITY.Being a werewolf isn't all about howling at the moon.Or running carelessly through boundless fields feeling the wind in your fur.Not when you live in the most populous city in the US.For Michael Andrews, a Canadian living in Manhattan and afflicted with lycanthropy, there are odd side effects to being a werewolf in the midd...

Meet Allie Babcock – The Audacious Dog Therapist with a Flair for SleuthingAt her brand new shop in Boulder, Allie's very first client is a dejected collie whose previous owner allegedly took her own life. But with a natural nose for crime, Allie soon suspects murder – leaving her dejected canine client as possibly the sole witness to the crime.With the scent fresh, Allie is quickly on the case – but a second murder curtails her investigation. Before...

It's THE DRESDEN FILES meets THE HANGOVER in this day-in-the-life of a werewolf.Michael Andrews seems to have it all. He's a successful author and a minor celebrity living in Manhattan. It's a pretty big step up from his humble Canadian upbringing. Of course, his lycanthropy poses a bit of a challenge.After waking up from his latest night of howling at the moon, he's naked, he's got a bullet hole in his leg, and he has a sneaking suspicion he ran into anoth...

Openly Gay. Surrounded by Secrets and Repression.At St Thomas Becket, a Catholic boys' school built on tradition and silence, sixteen-year-old Oliver Harding has never learned to keep quiet. Brilliant, observant and openly gay, he notices the things others would rather leave hidden.When a new priest and a new maths teacher arrive, Oliver's curiosity becomes fixation. Father Michael Jones carries doubts he has never been allowed to name, while married teache...

Romance novelist Brandy Jackson is not a one-night-stand kind of girl, but with Maximillian Benton, she's willing to make an exception. Big mistake. Turns out, the charming, handsome man with a sexy British accent is a jerk who's only interested in laying claim to Landon Castle, the inheritance Brandy received when her beloved grandmother died. But apparently through a cheating attorney, the castle was purchased at auction by Max. When a judge orders them to both live at the castle until t...

She's a bestselling romance author, but her love life is a mess. When anonymous notes appear, her own story begins writing itself.Allison Hoffman has built her career in writing love stories rather than living them. When her agent pressures the thirty-four-year-old to deliver another big romance. She decides instead to write a dark, edgy novel whose heroine gives up on love and is intent on revenge.Every publisher passes.Her agent drops her.In a moment of pan...

THE MOST TERRIFYING THINGS HAPPEN IN THE DARKScreams echo through the thick darkness of night in this collection of three short horror tales from the dark mind of Mark Leslie.Taste of Darkness: Sensory deprivation takes on a new meaning when you let the darkness completely consume your senses of sight, sound, touch and smell, leaving you with the bitter taste of the encroaching darkness. And you'll be surprised what you find lurkin...

In The Alchemical Mind: Carl Jung, Tibetan Buddhism, and Francisco Varela, Jungian analyst Leslie de Galbert brings a new perspective to the relationship between Jung and Buddhism by introducing the work of Chilean scientist and philosopher Francisco Varela (1946‒2001). Jung stressed the importance of remaining faithful to one’s own cultural origins and found that Westerners were too rooted in Cartesian mind‒body dualism to be able to experience the nondualism of Eastern contemplative prac...

Sirens are real. But who is taking them, and why?Alejandro, a reporter from Toronto, is assigned to travel to the Galápagos Islands in Ecuador to investigate the disappearance of sirens. During his investigation, he meets the beautiful Sirena, a siren who has been directly impacted by illegal fishing.As Alejandro tries to help Sirena, he begins to develop feelings for her.How far will he go to keep her safe? Who is tak...