Now You See It
Now You See It

Author: Jane Tesh

Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.

Published: 2013-10-01

Total Pages: 235

ISBN-13: 1615954570

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Who is audacious enough to steal an antique box once owned by Harry Houdini? This collector's treasure, skillfully hidden in the local Magic Club—a nightclub where magicians perform—is not merely an old theatrical prop. It is the prize in a contest that promises to jump start a magician's career. At least that's what Taft and Lucas Finch hoped before their prized possession was stolen. Private investigator David Randall is already busy searching for socialite Sandy Olaf's missing diamond bracelet when he begins the search for Houdini's box. But instead of finding the valuable box, Randall finds Taft murdered, his body locked in a backstage trunk. The magical world is brimming with jealous suspects, less successful magical competitors, romantic rivals, business conflicts, and festering hurts from long ago. Randall's friend Camden is concerned with losing his voice, his girlfriend Kary insists on being a magician's assistant, and Cam's girlfriend Ellin has to deal with the overbearing Sheila Kirk, wife of a potential sponsor, who insists on hosting the Psychic Service Network's programs. Warned away from interfering in a police homicide investigation, Randall focuses on finding the box, searching for a missing diamond bracelet, and handling the crises embroiling his unique housemates in their rambling home on Grace Street. It will take a stroke of magic to connect the interlocking circles of these crimes.

Yell Less, Love More
Yell Less, Love More

Author: Sheila McCraith

Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA

Published: 2014-10-01

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 1627881778

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In this guidebook to happier parenting, author Sheila McCraith shares daily thoughts, tips, and motivational personal stories to help you toss out the screams and welcome in the peace. Do you often find yourself losing your cool and yelling at your kids (or grandkids or students)? It happens to us all, but it doesn’t have to. With Yell Less, Love More, you’ll learn practical, simple solutions to keep you focused on loving more and yelling less, no matter what the circumstance. Take the Orange Rhino 30-day challenge to yell less, organized into 30 short, approachable, and easy-to-follow daily sections—which you can use and adjust in any way that works for you. Whether you have one child or twenty (or one you still yell at who is twenty), strengthen your relationships and maybe even laugh a little more—by taking the challenge today. The Rhino: A naturally calm animal that charges when provoked. The Orange Rhino: A person that parents with warmth and determination and who doesn’t charge with words when angry, impatient, or simply in a bad mood. Yell Less, Love More includes: 100 alternatives to yelling Simple, daily steps to follow Honest stories to inspire Parenting revelations A summarizing chapter of key takeaways, including most frequent triggers and multiple solutions for each of them Trigger-tracking sheets Unlike the preachy, unrealistic, dry, and/or tedious parenting books you’ve read before, Yell Less, Love More is like having a heart-to-heart talk with your best friend. With this warm, colorful, and easy-to-use guide, it is possible to stop yelling and start enjoying a calmer, happier life because of it.

Presumption of Guilt
Presumption of Guilt

Author: Terri Blackstock

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 2010-02-23

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 0310859824

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Just one person can save the children from a terrifying future. But to do so, she must master her past. Beth Wright, a newspaper reporter, is hot on the trail of a story that could expose something very ugly at the St. Clair Children’s Home. Someone else is hot on Beth Wright’s trail—someone who wants to make sure her story never sees the press. Between them stands Nick Hutchins, a social worker who finds his own gut hunches about the children’s home increasingly confirmed, first by Beth’s investigation . . . then by a high-speed attempt on her life . . . and finally, by an intruder’s startling confession. As the drama unfolds, a horrifying picture emerges of helpless children under the sway of a modern-day Fagin. Just one person holds the key that can save them: Beth herself. But using that key could cost Beth her reputation . . . if it doesn’t first cost her life. Presumption of Guilt is a gripping portrayal of the depths of human evil, the soul-twisting influence of lies . . . and of the liberating power of truth and the far-reaching freedom of God’s mercy and grace. Presumption of Guilt is book four in the Sun Coast Chronicles by award-winning author Terri Blackstock. From absorbing legal drama to lightning-paced action, the Sun Coast Chronicles offers suspense at its finest, tempered with remarkable realism and penetrating insights into the human heart.

HIS SECRET CHILD
HIS SECRET CHILD

Author: Beverly Barton

Publisher: Harlequin

Published: 2011-07-15

Total Pages: 153

ISBN-13: 1459258037

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PASSIONATE SECRETS One sultry night many years ago, Sheila Vance became a woman in Caleb Bishop's arms. And though he never knew it, Caleb became a father. Now the hard-hearted bachelor was back in town, and Sheila fought the fiery attraction between them. For this time, Caleb had the power to hurt not only her, but also her precious child. When Caleb saw Sheila again, he wanted her back in his life—and in his bed. But he suspected more than passion made her tremble beneath his touch—and Caleb was determined to discover the elusive beauty's every secret…. 3 Babies for 3 Brothers: There's nothing like a secret baby to bring a brooding bachelor home again!

Gaps
Gaps

Author: Mac Keyes

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2007-11-29

Total Pages: 231

ISBN-13: 146911836X

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When Blake Adams enters a contest set up by a Corporate Mephistopheles who seduces others into his power schemes, he realizes that his obsession with a game of solitaire called Gaps reveals a solution. He travels to Baghdad, Kigali, Manzini, down the Current River, to the resort town of Branson and through the Corporate world with his sexy wife Brooksie and his trusted friend Jonathan, searching for the key to unlock the confusion about family values and the meaning to life. This is a novel about the search for significance and the discovery of authenticity, investigating the nuances of sex, abuse of political power and the contest for spiritual and social values. This romance/mystery offers a poetic love story reserved for mature readers.

Ulterior Motives
Ulterior Motives

Author: Terri Blackstock

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 2010-02-23

Total Pages: 626

ISBN-13: 0310860601

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The police think he killed someone. He swears he’s innocent. All she knows for certain is his crime against her. Louis Dubose, international art dealer, has been murdered. The police are certain they’ve got their man. Recently fired by Dubose, Ben Robinson has a motive backed by a convincing trail of evidence. Except that one person isn’t convinced—someone who knows Ben well. Knows that he’s quite capable of trashing human lives but not of taking them. Now that person is about to gamble her own well-being on his innocence . . . when her personal indictment against him may be almost as bitter as murder. The question is, does Sharon Robinson know Ben as well as she thinks she does? Two small kidnapping victims hold the answer—and time to save their lives is running out. Ulterior Motives is more than just a superbly crafted suspense novel. It’s a wrenching portrayal of the cost of forgiveness, of innocence and faith pitted against monstrous evil, and of skepticism’s journey to the cross of Christ. Ulterior Motives is book three in the Sun Coast Chronicles by award-winning author Terri Blackstock. From absorbing legal drama to lightning-paced action, the Sun Coast

Treat Your Partner Like a Dog:
Treat Your Partner Like a Dog:

Author: Margie Ryerson

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2011-02-08

Total Pages: 122

ISBN-13: 1450281605

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Is your dog receiving tasty treats regularly while your partner too often gets the scraps? Treat Your Partner Like a Dog shares tools, tips, and expert advice for improving your human relationship. Principles of dog training, dog stories, and case studies of couples illustrate ways you can make positive changes for you and your partner. Author Margie Ryerson, a marriage and family therapist and a devoted dog owner, brings over twenty years of professional experience in helping couples create healthier, more intimate relationships. HELPFUL TOPICS INCLUDE: How to be an active listener and communicate more positively How to apply the love and affection that you show your dog to your partner as well How to create loyalty and trust in your relationship Treat Your Partner Like a Dog offers compassion, humor, support, and practical advice for couples who would like to be as joyful with their partners as they are with their dogs.

Protecting Children
Protecting Children

Author: Janet Kay

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2003-01-22

Total Pages: 203

ISBN-13: 0826464041

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This fully up-dated second edition of Protecting Children provides the framework for understanding child abuse and child protection issues for people who work with children in a variety of professional and informal settings. Written in Kay's characteristically lucid and approachable style, the text brims with case studies, points for reflection, self-assessment exercises and suggestions for developing readers' own practices.

J's Sorrow
J's Sorrow

Author: Jessie A. Snow

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2008-06-12

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 146783078X

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This is the third in a series entitled El’Atone’s Journals. El’Atone’ must run from the Vampyre Council as the fulfillment of a prophecy calls for her death. She, her husband and friends face death on multiple occasions in their attempt to live normal lives. They must outwit those hunting for them and those willing to protect them at a price. Their journeys lead them from country to country as they must move about to keep from being captured. Her foes include a man with the ability to travel in dreams, her father a former vampyre hit man, and her friends who betray her for money. Her allies, a member of the council and an eight-hundred year old psychic vampyre.

Charlotte's Edge
Charlotte's Edge

Author: Kim Collins

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2011-03-16

Total Pages: 417

ISBN-13: 1456879472

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WHEN ONE FINALLY REACHES THEIR BREAKING POINT, BAD THINGS CAN HAPPEN . . . CHARLOTTE'S EDGE IS A DARK COMEDIC TALE OF ONE WOMAN'S STRUGGLE TO GAIN HERSELF CONFIDENCE AND INDEPENDENCE AFTER YEARS OF MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL ABUSE SUFFERED AT THE HAND OF HER RICH, EGOTISTICAL, CHEATING HUSBAND. SECRETS REVEALED BY HAPPENSTANCE THRUST CHARLOTTE INTO A FLURRY OF EMOTION....UNLEASHING A TIDAL WAVE OF HILARIOUS AND SOMETIMES CATASTROPHIC EVENTS. TAKE A JOURNEY THROUGH HEARTFELT EMOTIONAL PERIL AND THE TASTE OF SWEET REVENGE WITH SOME OF THE MOST INTRIGUING AND ECCENTRIC CHARACTERS YOU HAVE EVER MET IN THE PAGES OF A NOVEL. ~~~THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO ALL WHO HAVE LOVED AND HAVE LOST IT IS DEDICATED TO ALL WHO HAVE FAILED BUT ACHIEVED~~~ KIM