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Desperate circumstances called for bold action. Lily couldn't resist the invitation to masquerade as her friend Emma to escape an undesired courtship. Her ruse backfires when she falls in love with Emma's intended. How could she possibly tell him her real identity? This deceit has also put her life in danger. Gus finds her working in a saloon and turns his back on her. Now her main objective is to win him back - no matter what it takes. A sizzling clean romance.

A short story about family relationships.

Although unable to explain why, Bob intuitively believed he would live for 92 years. As of next Saturday, only 18,980 days remained. He wasn't exactly sure what he was supposed to be doing with his life, he just sensed that he wasn't doing it yet. And then something happened! This is the story of the mysterious things that happened when Bob asked, "What happened?"

Monsters fascinate us. We cringe and say how could anyone do this, but we are fascinated and can't look away. The Murder of Clara Bates is a true story. The facts contained in this book have been taken from police and court records, the newspaper accounts of the murder of Clara Bates and the public records of those involved. In some cases, license was taken to recreate dialogue between those involved and some names have been changed to protect the privacy of the innocent.

Terror strikes the heart of a small South Carolina town's sheriff when the people in his charge begin to disappear. Ants is the gripping story of nature going terribly wrong.

Shandra Higheagle Greer’s deceased Nez Perce grandmother appears in her dream, dancing at a powwow. Since Grandmother only appears when there is a murder, Shandra believes, she, Ryan, and the twins should attend the yearly powwow at the Colville Reservation. While out for a walk the first night, Shandra sees someone lurking in the dark between the vendor tents. A vendor is discovered the next morning strangled with her own beads. When members of Shandra’s family are attacked, she finds it hard to stay out of the investigation.

Upon learning a cousin is suspected of murder, Shandra Higheagle travels to the Colville Reservation to support her family and use the insight she receives in dreams from her Nez Perce grandmother to prove his innocence.

Potter Shandra Higheagle finds herself in the middle of a murder investigation. Her recently deceased Nez Perce grandmother comes to her in dreams, showing her clues but also confusing her as she deals with learning more about a heritage that was kept from her. While Shandra is hesitant to trust her dreams, Detective Ryan Greer believes in them and believes in her.

Using her dreams, Shandra helps locate the missing twins whom they take into their home as foster children. The hunt for the reason the parents were murdered becomes urgent when the children reveal they may have seen the killer.

Dela Alvaro, head of security for the Spotted Pony Casino, is asked to do a security check of a casino on the Oregon Coast. She no sooner starts her rounds at the casino and a child of a dubious couple is kidnapped. Special Agent Quinn Pierce of the FBI has been out to get the father for some time. One of Dela’s best friends from the Army is also at the casino and they catch up. The next morning, Dela finds her friend strangled.

The Spotted Pony Casino’s head of security, Dela Alvaro, receives a late-night call that takes her to a deserted walkway along the river. After confronting a woman babbling about love and bodies being buried, Dela stumbles over a corpse and discovers her knife covered in the victim’s blood.