Are you stuck at the dissertation, doctoral study, or thesis stage? Here's your clear-cut roadmap to overcome obstacles and finally finish.Facing the All But Dissertation (ABD) wall? Overwhelmed, stalled, or at risk of expulsion? You're not alone, and there is a way through.In Overcoming Those Dreaded Dissertation and Thesis Obstacles, Dr. Carolyn Rose-Smith delivers the mentoring guide graduate students wish they'd had from Day On...

An epic, sweeping, and engrossing debut novel about a family and its many loves and losses over the course of their livesLove conquers all. But which kind of love? The love of a passionate partner. The love of one sibling toward another? The love of a parent for their child, or the love of an artist toward their art? And what about the love one feels toward home, a landscape they always wish to return to? Rose Smith’s debut novel feels like an instant classic in it...

An epic and engrossing debut novel about identical twin brothers, the woman they both love, and the secrets at the heart of the beautiful, rugged Maine island they call homeThe McCauleys have raised their twin sons on Shep’s Island, just off the coast of Maine: Egan wants to be a professional athlete, Lucian a painter, following in the footsteps of their complicated and distant mother. Growing up in the wake of a childhood accident that marked both boys—one physica...

In a lakeside town in upstate New York, Daisy Swanson’s daughter Jazzi carries on the family tradition as proprietor of a bookshop and tea bar—as well as her mother’s legacy as a sleuth . . .Belltower Landing gallery owner Sophronia Abbott is a fixture at Tomes & Tea. She’s one of their more demanding customers—and most likely their richest. The staff makes sure to pamper her, though they draw the line at letting her poodles, Jet and Jinx, sniff around the tea bar’...

Could he be her little boy?Six years ago, Sara Hobart helped a childless couple create their own miracle. Now she needed one of her own. All her instincts were telling her she was Kyle Barclay's birth mother. Only one thing stood in her way: Kyle's widowed father.Ever since his wife had died, Nathan had tried to be the best parent he could to five-year-old Kyle. Then this sensual stranger showed up. Legally, Sara had no claim on his son. But how could he keep...

Celeste Wells didn't think twice about becoming a surrogate mom for her twin sister. But when Zoie's marriage ended suddenly, heartbroken Celeste just couldn't let the little girl go.Clay Sullivan's world shattered once his wife walked out on him and their daughter, and Celeste was a reminder of the painful memories the tough survival guide had barely survived. Yet she was everything her sister wasn't—loyal, loving, committed to the child to whom she'd given birth. Not to m...

In Pennsylvania’s Amish country, Daisy Swanson finds herself going back to school expecting to serve tea—only to get a crash course in criminal justice . . .The faculty of Willow Creek High School are having a get-together after the spring concert with refreshments provided, courtesy of Daisy’s Tea Garden. Oolong tea and chocolate biscuits are just what the staff needs to help them unwind from Althea Higgins’ demanding curriculum. Her lessons on such contr...

The bond between them was instant: Laura aflower-power antiwar protestor, Brady a duty-boundsoldier heading off to Vietnam. He'd returned a changedman, and she'd saved his sanity.They'd always been there for each other. They'd raisedtwo wonderful children and weathered the ups anddowns that are inevitably part of a life together, a lifethat stretched over three decades. And they'd stuck tothe deal they made on their wedding day: never talkabout the past.But the past has a way...

A catering job has come in for Daisy’s Tea Garden in Pennsylvania’s Amish country—but death will be served before dessert . . .Margaret Vaughn has hired Daisy to provide afternoon tea for her theater group. A local girl who left long ago for an acting career in New York, Margaret has returned home—with a multimillionaire husband in tow. But while Daisy bustles around Margaret’s historic farmhouse, she senses that there’s tension behind the scenes. Then she...

After a death-to-life encounter with Jesus, Lydia Rose Smith came to understand that her life had a purpose. Having endured years of mental, physical, and spiritual attacks, she learned how to break free from the hindrances that once held her back. The difficult journey of breaking generational and personal curses led her to discover the purpose for which God restored her life—guiding others into a life of true freedom.

Before she ties the knot, she’ll have to uncover a plot . . . “An irresistible sleuth.” —Leslie Meier, New York Times–bestselling author of Irish Parade MurderWith her wedding day mere weeks away, home stager Caprice De Luca is busy arranging every last detail for the reception at Rambling Vines Winery—a stylish venue she redecorated two years earlier. But the closer the bride-to-be gets to saying “I do,” the more a celebration at...

In Pennsylvania’s Amish country, Daisy Swanson has a tea shop to run, a daughter to marry off—and a murder to solve . . .Daisy’s worried one of her employees at Daisy’s Tea Garden may be in a spot of trouble. Lately Karina’s been loading up on soup and second-day baked goods at the end of her shift—and while the shop’s scrumptious treats may be hard to resist, Daisy suspects there’s more going on, especially since Karina has been seen hanging out in a rund...