An ordinary situation, a snapshot of time, could be something completely the opposite of what you believe or have been taught. I challenge you to ponder the following simple questions and to consider if they have ever occurred in your life and what you thought was the explanation:Have you ever come upon a beautiful scenic area and were able to get the perfect picture because nobody else was there?When exploring mountain trails, did you come across a cave that was so obscure...

New York Times bestselling author Sherryl Woods reveals that the most delightful surprises may await right in your own backyard!Falling for a handsome stranger on the very morning they meet is hardly what recently divorced Abby Miller planned for her return to Seaview Key. Hoping to mend an old friendship and to give back to the community she loves, Abby's definitely not looking for love.For ex-soldier Seth Landry, Seaview Key seems like the perfec...

**Celebrate the holidays with the very first mystery in the ever-popular series featuring sleuth Lucy Stone as she unravels unsolved murders in picturesque Maine.“Meier continues to exploit the charm factor in her small-town setting, while keeping the murder plots as realistic as possible in such a cozy world.” —Booklist**As if baking holiday cookies, knitting a sweater for her husband’s gift, and making her daughter’s angel costume for the church pageant weren’t e...

The most personal and revealing Spenser thriller from New York Times bestselling author Robert B. ParkerIn this electrifying masterpiece of crime fiction, a startling game of memory, desire, and danger forces Spenser to face his own past. Ten years ago, he saved a teenage boy from a father's rage. Now, on the brink of manhood, the boy seeks answers to his mother's sudden disappearance. Spenser is the only man he can turn to. This time, it's more than a rou...

One Summer Can Change Everything . . .Elizabeth Lively dresses conservatively, straightens her curly hair into submission, and works hard to uphold her political family’s reputation. Her therapist might call it “OCD,” but she’s just trying her best to live by the rules—until her carefully crafted world comes crashing down when she’s fired, painfully jilted, and arrested for a crime she didn’t commit. All she can think to do is flee to her grandmother’s lakeside hou...

In Lake Wobegon lives a good Lutheran lady who wishes for her ashes placed inside a bowling ball and dropped into the lake. Meanwhile, a wedding between a veterinary aromatherapist and her boyfriend Brent is set to take place aboard a pontoon boat. A delegation of renegade Lutheran pastors from Denmark has come to town, and there's Raoul of the cigars and tinted shades, come to visit his elderly lover. All is in readiness for the wedding - the French champagne, the flying Elvis, the giant ...

When Sandra Sinclair, recently widowed and the mother of twelve-year-old Jane, meets wealthy lawyer Joe Gillette, he wins her over with his kind and conscientious attitude. Falling in love faster than she ever thought possible, Sandra agrees to marry. But soon after they move into their new home, things begin to change, and Joe's controlling behavior causes her to question her decision. When her new husband becomes seriously abusive, Sandra decides that she and Jane must leave. When Joe ma...

From award-winning author of The CaretakerRon Rash (****“One of the great American authors at work today” —The New York Times) comes ***Saints at the River,*a novel about a town divided by the aftermath of a tragic accident—**and the woman caught in the middle.When a twelve-year-old girl drowns in the Tamassee Riv...

"Smithy is an American original, worthy of a place on the shelf just below your Hucks, your Holdens, your Yossarians." —Stephen KingEvery so often, a novel comes along that captures the public’s imagination with a story that sweeps readers up and takes them on a thrilling, unforgettable ride. Ron McLarty’s The Memory of Running is this decade’s novel. By all accounts, especially his own, Smithson "Smithy" Ide is a loser. An overweight, friendless, chain-sm...

The long-awaited prequel to the bestseller FOURTH GRADE RATS George, aka "Suds," has just entered third grade, and he's heard the rhyme about "first grade babies/second grade cats/third grade angels/fourth grade rats," but what does this mean for his school year? It means that his teacher, Mrs. Simms, will hold a competition every month to see which student deserves to be awarded "the halo" - which student is best-behaved, kindest to others, and, in short, perfect. Suds is determined to be...

Mudshark is the go-to guy for any mysteries that need solving. Lost your shoe? Can’t find your homework? Ask Mudshark. That is, until the Psychic Parrot takes up residence in the school library and threatens to overturn Mudshark’s position as the guy who knows all the answers. The word in school is that the parrot can out-think Mudshark. And right now, the school needs someone who’s good at solving problems. There’s an escaped gerbil running rampant, an emergency in the faculty restroom, a...

Here's a sparkling collection of unsullied humor, ideal for any age and situation. Following in the footsteps of other best-selling Barbour joke books-such as Noah's Favorite Animal Jokes, The World's Greatest Collection of Church Jokes, and Knock, Knock, Who's There?-the entries in 777 Great Clean Jokes are categorized by topic and promise hours of fun and laughter for personal reading, church activities, and speech or sermon preparation.