Erotica/Fantasy. 16412 words long.

The vibrant Phoenix art happening First Friday promises business and pleasure for Ari Adams. For one thing, moving on from the painful past she shared with Molly Nelson has brought a new woman into her life. But an old building with a body inside threatens the art community and implicates every member of the First Friday Council. Hired to investigate and guard the FFC’s interests, Ari takes on the disquieting assignment at her boss’s request. Secrets at the Veteran’s Administration and human greed create a dangerous quagmire, and when the victim’s identity and the names of her employers are revealed, Ari realizes she has no one she trusts to help her—except Molly. But working with Molly again would mean opening old wounds and risking the fresh start Ari thought that she wanted… A Grand Plan is the latest in the Golden Crown Literary Award-Winning Ari Adams Mystery series by best-selling and Lambda Nominated Author Ann Roberts.

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul II offers more inspiring stories to help you master the game we call life. Today's teens have ever more issues and social pressures to juggle than young adults just 20 years ago. This book, like its predecessor, can be your guide - a beacon in the darkness, a safe haven in a storm, a warm hug in the cold and a respite from loneliness. There's no preaching as to what you should and shouldn't do. Instead, this book is full of teens sharing their experiences on learning to accept like, becoming the best person you can be, being happy with who you are, and loving yourself - no matter what.

At age 50, Maria Leonard Olsen drank her way out of my 25-year marriage. She had, against advice, put all her eggs in the motherhood basket, willfully derailing her successful law career. As teenagers, her precious children did not need her in the hands-on way they previously had. Her husband and she had grown apart because, among other things, they failed to nurture that important relationship. She was depressed and stuck.When she turned 50, she had the distinct feeling that she was on the downward slope of her life. Actuarially speaking, she was. So when she turned 50, her gift to herself was to go on a crusade to make the most of whatever time she had left. She set out to do 50 new things that were significant, at least to her. The list spanned physical challenges, adventure travel, and lifestyle changes. Each taught her something about herself and about how she wanted to lead the next years of her life to come. This work follows the work she did to accomplish those...

Yesterday's secrets… Five years ago Leigh had loved Patrick and lost him. Now he was back in her life, and, this time around, Leigh was determined to become Patrick's bride. So all she had to do was persuade Patrick that their wedding day would be the happiest day of their lives together. But Leigh soon discovered that her task was just a tad more difficult…. Trouble was, while Patrick might be prepared to marry Leigh, he wasn't prepared to tell her that he loved her!

Screwdriver

A marital spat at a carwash turns deadly––and Mabel Wickles, Parson’s Cove’s top amateur sleuth, isn’t buying the local police’s claim that the victim’s wife smashed him over the head with a brick. But when the woman confesses to the murder, Mabel decides to investigate the crime herself––along with help from her best friend Flori, her cat Sammy, and a busload of senior citizens from the local retirement home. However, Mabel doesn't know that there’s more calamity in store for her than just a spritzing at the carwash.

'A modern day Nancy Mitford.' Sir Elton John 'Fans of Downton Abbey will love this.' Davina McCall Christmas morning, 1969. All eleven-year-old Esme Munroe wants for Christmas is for her mother to be on one of her 'good' days – and, secretly, for a velvet riding hat. So when she finds an assortment of wet towels and dirty plates in her stocking, she's just relieved Father Christmas remembered to stop at The Lodge this year. But later that day Esme's mother disappears in the heavy snow. Even more mysteriously, only the Earl of Culcairn seems to know where she might have gone. Torn between protecting her mother and uncovering the secrets tumbling out of Culcairn Castle's ornate closets, Esme realises that life will never be the same again after the snow... Susannah Constantine provides a rare glimpse into the secret lives of the scandalous upper classes. Perfect for fans of Downton Abbey and The Crown