Two little girls discover a mystery in the dead of night... An intriguing and exclusive free short story from the New York Timesbestselling author of Reconstructing Amelia, publishing in the UK on June 20th 2013. 'Like Gone Girl,Reconstructing Ameliaseamlessly marries a crime story with a relationship drama. And like Gone Girl, it should be hailed as one of the best books of the year.' - Entertainment Weekly
Clara Gooday, age 9, hears what she thinks is her Aunt Tilly’s tall tale about seeing the FunGkins. Things heat up when Clara meets two FunGkins and helps them get back the Magic Mushroom. The Jacks reward Clara and Aunt Tilly by shrinking them down to their size and whisking them off to the magical land of Mushroom Valley. There they see creatures never seen by any human and FunGkins who are from all nationalities and races living in harmony. Meanwhile, the skinny, seven-foot-tall, evil Mr. Mustashio has moved into the funeral home next door. Clara plans to watch every move he and his talking dog, Snodsty, make. Follow Clara in this tale of friendship, faith, and moral fiber.
In this Amish Christmas romance, Lizzy Ryder discovers that this holiday season could be her best friend’s last. Will she find the comfort and love she desperately needs?
A pre–Civil War era murder haunts a present-day family in this atmospheric suspense novel by the New York Times–bestselling author of The Art Forger. How long can murder haunt a family? Until the wrong is put right and the victim is able to rest in peace. Set in Lexington, Massachusetts, The Safe Room is a story of such a murder and such a haunting. A psychological thriller, the tale toggles between the eve of the Civil War and present day. It follows the doomed love affair of Silas Person, a runaway slave riding the Underground Railroad, and Sarah Harden, the daughter of a famous abolitionist. Sarah and Silas’s story is intertwined with that of Lee Seymour, a modern-day descendant of the Harden family who must suddenly grapple with a world in which murder and ghosts are all too real. The Safe Room is a suspenseful tale that employs love and the paranormal to explore the ugliness of injustice and the beauty of human hope.
The old aristocrat, Vera McMichael, has two terrible quandaries in her last decade of life. First, there is the teen pregnancy of her granddaughter, Clara. For the 1940s, a baby out of wedlock would foil the familys reputation, especially living in Smut near Vidalia, GA. However, Big Mama, the staunch matriarch, manages to save face by concealing the truth. Secondly, her daughters death presents a bigger dilemma. Obviously waiting like a vulture for Big Mamas demise, Clara is a vixen. The problem is the will of Veras late father. All her property, a life estate from him, is destined to belong to the undeserving granddaughter. Determined, Vera schemes and lies again to obtain her goal in a devious plan called The Fifty. The family lawyer tries in vain to advise Vera against this crazy idea. However, the two new employees, too nave to understand the deep ramifications and potential consequences, accept her offer. In a stupendously twisted irony, The Fifty eventually entangles the lives of two people yet to be born when it was incubated. Novelist Randall W. Anderson spins a tall, tantalizing tale. You will chuckle at what it took to bury Vera, abhor Claras odious words, feel Andrews agonizing pain, taste Jellys sweet success, and whiff Veras fragrant roses. Every mounting lie and discovered truth is absolutely appalling. Forget rattling. For ages the skeletons in Vera McMichaels closet jangled!
The name Whoopi Goldberg conjures images of laughter, sex, surprise, versatility, African heritage and Jewish identity, to name a few. How did she become such a major player in Hollywood and the larger world? This book provides an overview of some of Goldberg's most important efforts on Broadway and in motion pictures and television and the world of social activism. Major features include comparative analyses of Goldberg's work in relation to that of such notable performers as Bert Williams, Jackie "Moms" Mabley, Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Billy Crystal, Robin Williams and Dave Chappelle, as well as in-depth analyses of her work as the fictional Celie in the major motion picture The Color Purple; her Oscar-winning role as the fictional Oda Mae Brown in Ghost and her cultural impact as an American woman working.
Summary: As her irritating family prepares to celebrate her grandfather's eightieth birthday, sixteen-year-old Lily yearns for just one whole perfect day together.
Evangeline is an independent and free spirited girl. she was happy with the way her life was going. she didn't want a mate. But fate had other plans for her. It blessed her with not a single mate but with two Mates. how does she is going to react to the change of events in her life. Is she going to accept her destiny of two mates or going to resist the mate bond? what happens when fate decided to play her part on Evangeline's density with a lots and lots of twists. Will Evangeline be able to overcome all the obstacles thrown on her life and embrace her density???? Stay tuned....To know further.....
Julie never expected to be a widow, so when her husband Dan dies due to surgery, she cant handle the grief. She runs away from her loving family to escape the memories of the man she loved and lost. With no clue as to her destination, she ends up in the aptly named small town Runaway, where she meets a strange old woman who knows about her lossbut how? Ducking the past and the townsfolk, Julie follows a mysterious voice to an abandoned house where a beautiful horse wanders the property. Julie spends the night in the house but soon meets a ghost named Lilli who died riding the very horse that walks the grounds. Lilli has a request for her uninvited houseguest: she wants Julie to save her husband. Ever since Lillis death, Dale has been drinking. It wont be long before he kills himself with booze, so Lilli begs Julie to intercede. Scared to death, Julie agrees but has no plans of actually making contact with Dale. Shes shocked to fi nd she cant escape Runaway unless she fi rst helps her ghostly friend. Julie must help heal a wounded man and, in the process, heal herself, all on the orders of a ghost who loves too much to leave
