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In a village where nothing ever happens, curiosity is a dangerous game—and the local widow is playing to win.Blackwood Village is the kind of quiet Scottish town where the most exciting event of the year is the annual turnip competition. But when a fresh widow moves in, paints her front door...

One dare. Four forgotten roads. An ancient debt that refuses to stay buried.It’s a Tuesday night in Blackwood Village, and for best friends Iain and Aiden, the local legends about the "Dead End"—a creepy, abandoned tollbooth at the crossroads—are just stories to scare primary schoolers...

The backwood village. The silence is broken. Who is knocking?Aiden has always been the kind of kid who treats "Do Not Enter" signs as polite suggestions, and Halloween night in Blackwood Village is just begging for a little trouble. Armed with a flashlight and a classic Victorian detective...

One shortcut. Two best friends. A whole lot of trouble. Aiden lives for excitement, and he’s certain that taking the overgrown, muddy track past the abandoned Blackwood Manor is the perfect way to get home before the Scottish storm breaks. His best friend, Iain —who treats the Official School Safety Handbook like a holy text —is significantly less enthusiastic about the "shortcut."But when a violent gust of wind slams the manor’s heavy oak door shut, trapping them inside, their quick trip turns into a race for survival.

Dr. Elise Rowan built her career helping people recover from trauma. She understands fractured memories, buried pain, and the way the mind protects itself from what it cannot survive. At least, she thought she did. Then a girl in Room Six screams her name. Locked inside the underground wing of Rowan Recovery Center, Elise finds a young woman who should not know her, a photograph Elise does not remember taking, and a warning written in her own handwriting: Do not let her remember. Minutes later, Elise’s dead patient steps out of the elevator covered in blood.

Your shortcut to a faster commute... just became a one-way trip into the past. Aiden just wants to make it to first period on time —and avoid the wrath of Mrs. Gable for the third time this week. To him, the crumbling, fog-shrouded Blackwood Cemetery is not a place for eternal rest; it’s a massive, grass-covered shortcut that shaves exactly seven minutes and forty-two seconds off his walk. His best friend, Iain, has always called it a bad idea. Today, he was right.

Two girls loved him. Two girls lost him. Two girls carried the pieces he could not hold. Before the world saw the broken version of Gabriel, Marilyn knew him as the good boy everyone praised. She grew up beside him at the blue kindergarten table, through awkward crushes, first heartbreaks, and the slow, quiet changes no one else seemed to notice. She is there before and during the Fall, watching the boy she loves unravel under a weight he will not name, fighting to believe the goodness in him is still real even as it slips through her fingers.

By a certain age, most children become very curious and they start asking "Why?" When a parent, teacher, educator, or grandparent, or even a sibling, responds with an answer, these inquisitive children will often respond with another "Why?" THE QUESTION IS WHY? was inspired by the author's son, Bradley.

CHUCK AND ALFONZO is the story about an unexpected friendship that develops between a monkey named Alfonzo who escapes from the zoo and a dog named Chuck who runs away from Ryan, his owner. After a taste of freedom, will Chuck continue to explore the community on his own or will he go back home?

One day before a freak accident lands devoted wife and mother Kristy Weinstein in a coma, her husband, David, discovers a devastating secret she’d been keeping for months. While Kristy’s life hangs in the balance, broken-hearted David, a high-risk OB with a God complex, must grapple with his pride and demons in order to make impossible decisions about his career, wife, and the new baby that has served as a joyful family distraction from the roiling tensions of Kristy’s betrayal.

Claire moved for the right reasons. A better house. A better school district. A plan that made sense. But somewhere along the way, she stopped feeling seen inside it. Next door is Ruth—a woman who has built a life on attention, patience, and the quiet work of staying. Through a season of small conversations and shared mornings, Claire begins to confront what she has been avoiding: the distance in her marriage, the life she agreed to without fully choosing, and the question of what it means to remain—not out of habit, but with intention. This is a story about change that doesn’t look dramatic.

Too many women are living within boundaries they didn’t set… It’s time to burn the rulebook and become the real you. There are many reasons you might want to reinvent yourself. Maybe you left a demanding career, walked away from a relationship that once defined you, or realized the life you built no longer feels right. If you feel lost or broken, here’s the truth: you’re not broken—and it’s not too late to build a life filled with strength, purpose, and authenticity. Reinvention can feel overwhelming, especially when your old identity shaped your life for years.

The Shattered by Addiction and Narcissist is a raw and powerful story of survival through the chaos of addiction, manipulation, and emotional destruction. This book explores what happens when love becomes tangled with narcissism, control, and the painful cycle of someone else’s addiction. Through heartbreak, trauma, and the slow breaking of self-worth, the author shares an honest journey of being shattered, not by weakness, but by enduring what no one should have to endure.

"How to Have a Happy Romantic Relationship" is a beautifully produced full-color edition designed to be treasured, shared, and returned to again and again—making it an ideal library acquisition and a meaningful gift for couples at any stage of their relationship.