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You can have a GREAT pregnancy, birth and postpartum experience. You just need the information and strategies to make it happen. The Great Birth Rebellion podcast, hosted by Midwife Dr Melanie Jackson offers evidence- based information to help you make informed decisions about your maternity care. The Great Birth Birth Rebellion helps you get the best out of your pregnancy, birth and postpartum journey. Want more? Follow along at @melaniethemidwife and @thegreatbirthrebellion on SM Subscribe to get access to the resources behind the episodes at melaniethemidwife.com and get your merch at ...

When Santa’s visit to the Gulch is called off due to a bad storm Butterscotch Jones has to step in and save Ricky’s Christmas. While Butterscotch is busy in Manitoba, Miss Henry is in Quebec. She is trying to drum up some Christmas spirit while hunting for a missing lawyer. Nicodemus Smith has her hands full tracking down a lost philanthropist who fancies himself to be Santa Claus, and Jane Blackthorn is going her best to cope with a plum pudding thief who is vexing her first Christmas in merry olde England. While Kenneth Mayhew tries to restore order at the Mayhem Mansion revels, Chloe...

Like a Thunderbolt! Recent widow Jillian Marsh wasn't planning on killing herself that March night, but she hadn't ruled it out, either. It had rained for the last seventeen days -- days in which her jaw was locked and she was unable to speak, supposing there'd been anyone worth addressing. And then there was her cat problem. Ever since she'd been hit by lightning last October, the cats in town had been talking to her. Which meant she was insane, right? Melanie Jackson writes "a curious combination of dark fantasy and romance leavened with quirky humor." ---Booklist on Still Life But that ...

It is Edam's first Thanksgiving and living up to the spirit of the day he has generously invited several friends without family to the farmhouse for dinner-- without warning his mother. But everyone soon rallies around and they carry on with the feast in this 8th book of the 'Bedtime Stories for Children' series.

The Chloe Boston Mysteries Volume 1 includes the full texts of books 2 through 4 in the Chloe Boston Cozy Mystery Series: "The Pumpkin Thief", "Death in a Turkey Town", and "Murder on Parade". "Melanie Jackson is a talent to watch." --WritersWrite.com In "The Pumpkin Thief (A Chloe Boston Mystery Book 2)", Chloe Boston, meter maid and unofficial sleuth of the Hope Falls Police Department, is on the trail of the Halloween Killer and a second troublesome criminal, the Pumpkin Thief, who has robbed every pumpkin patch in town. Aided by her dog and new boyfriend, Chloe is closing in on Hope ...

This is the mysterious missing Butterscotch Jones mysteries book 8, previously published as "Duet". The book includes the Chloe Boston mystery "Make Over". In "Still Waters", quiet McIntyre's Gulch is troubled by a strange cat burglar who seems interested in nothing but photographs. Mountie Chuck Goodhead is off on some mysteries mission leaving Butterscotch to cope on her own which she was doing quite happiliy when Agent DeSoto of the FBI arrived claiming he was there on a fishing trip. In "Make Over", Chloe has chosen to spend her vacation restoring the old Stubbs Mansion. Put in charge ...

Welcome to the Gulch... funny things happen in the middle of nowhere. Butterscotch Jones thought that living in the far north provided enough peril to contend with until a private plane crashed outside her hometown of McIntyre's Gulch, Manitoba, Canada. The treasure inside the plane soon attracted both the RCMP and the Russian Mafia. For a town built upon isolation and secrecy, the citizens faced very public exposure. "A light, fun read with an eccentric cast of characters who bring the village of MacIntyre's Gulch to delightful life." —Lisa Cach, author of "Wake Unto Me" McIntyre’s ...

When Santa’s visit to the Gulch is called off due to a bad storm Butterscotch Jones has to step in and save Ricky’s Christmas.

Welcome back to Hope Falls, home of the world's smallest but smartest detective. We've missed you so we kept a seat by the fire... Poetry is written in tears, fiction in sweat and literature in blood. —Tara Lee (Lecture to the Lit Wits from Moving Violation) Chloe Boston, meter maid and unofficial sleuth of the Hope Falls Police Department, is on the trail of the Halloween Killer and a second troublesome criminal, the Pumpkin Thief, who has robbed every pumpkin patch in town. Aided by her dog, Blue, and new boyfriend, Alex, Chloe is closing in on Hope Falls public enemies 1 and 2. "I fell...

The Butterscotch Jones Cozy Mysteries Volume 1 is a collection of books 2 - 4 in the series. It includes the novels "Big Bones," "Gone South," and "Home Fires." "Due North," the first novel in the series, should be read separately before reading this bundle. In "Big Bones," when the mafia plane exploded, that should have been the end of troubles for McIntyre's Gulch, but the government only became more interested in The Gulch and RCMP detective Chuck Goodhead. Butterscotch Jones has other woes besides. A giant skeleton has been discovered outside of town, and Sasquatch Watch is on the way ...

Into the Gloaming Recently widowed, Megan Culbin was glad to escape her abusive marriage and start over in an inherited cottage in a quaint Scottish village. Yes, all here was not as it seemed. Legend had it Finloss was cursed. And the coastal town, once home to witches and sea monsters, would soon see a creature far deadlier. "[A] page-turning paranormal romance!" ---Booklist But out of the sea and mist came an ally, a protector. The strange, distant and dangerous Lachlan was as powerful as he was handsome, and his thirst for vengeance could no more be denied than his passion for Megan. ...

The second book in Melanie Jackson's Wildside Series. "Melanie Jackson is a talent to watch." —WritersWrite.com Cyra Delphin never felt quite right in her own skin. As a child, her parents made her hide her gifts. But certain things don't stay buried. What others are afraid to acknowledge— the modern world's seedy underbelly, it's Wildside ruled by dark magic and goblins— doesn't simply go away. And when that darkness came to call, Cyra sought sanctuary in the Nevada desert. She found Thomas Marrowbone. He, too, was part of the Wildside. Beneath his tormented shell lurked something ...

This book is a collection of four Jane Blackthorn historical mystery titles: Death in a High Place 1921-- The War is over, alcohol is proscribed and women have the vote. Jane Blackthorn should be happy but the holidays are looming and the young widow has no desire to spend them with her matchmaking family. An invitation from an old college friends arrives to save her. The college ski club is having a reunion at a hunting lodge in Canada and Jane decides that some clean living in the great outdoors is just what she needs. But it is apparent from the moment of her arrival that something is ...

Juliet Henry, water-color artist and retired agent of the NSA, wouldn't stack up her knowledge of the human heart against the great romantic poets, but she knows a thing or two about human avarice and stupidity. It comes as no great surprise when the small artists' colony of Bartholomew's Woods ends up with a dead resident.

A Halloween Mystery with a Killer Twist! "Melanie Jackson is a talent to watch." — WritersWrite.com Halloween is Chloe Boston’s favorite holiday, and this year, she’s certain her carefully crafted pumpkin carving will take first prize. But the night before the big competition, disaster strikes—someone uses Mr. Jackman’s giant pumpkin as a weapon to squash the town’s most unpopular dentist. Now, instead of celebrating the season with cider and candy, Chloe finds herself tangled in yet another mystery. Hope Falls doesn’t need this kind of publicity, and Chloe can’t let a rogue...

The Chloe Boston Mysteries Volume 4 is a collection of books 11 - 13 in the bestselling Chloe Boston Cozy Mystery Series. It includes the works "Beast of a Feast", "Snow Angel", "High Society", and "Lucky Thirteen". In "Beast of a Feast", it's autumn in Hope Falls, the time of year that thoughts turn to family, friends, and large meals. Instead of hosting a large Thanksgiving meal at her place, Chloe opts to have a cozy dinner out with her husband, Alex. But her plans are changed for her and soon grow out of control. Meanwhile, Chloe is on the lookout for a lost boy in this delightful ...

"Modern Art" is the ninth installment in the Miss Henry Cozy Mystery Series. Miss Henry knows nothing about modern art but that doesn't stop her from filling in when there is a sudden vacancy at a prestigious art show. She is surrounded by strangers but among the new faces there is one she knows from her days at the NSA. She can take no comfort in this fact though because the face belongs to a man that was supposedly killed by terrorists years before. Filled with uneasiness at his reappearance, Juliet is not entirely surprised to learn the next morning that Jessop Carmody, former NSA agent,...

Death in Taigh Mhor (Jane Blackthorn Mysteries Book 3) Marry in haste and repent in leisure, or so the old saying goes. Jane is not unhappy in her own marriage but a friend from college, a young heiress, had stumbled into a dark relationship which could end up costing her life. Jane is summoned to Taigh Mhor by a desperate letter talking of malicious spirits and strange accidents. She arrives to find that the unpleasant situation has come to a sinister pass. All her wits will be needed to save her friend from the local evil that wants to see her dead. Christmas in a Cold Place (Short Story)...

Up in the Air Hope Falls is hosting its first Kite Festival to raise funds for the animal shelter. The festival will bring in funds, tourists and a pair of feuding kite makers, one of whom ends up dead. A little investigation proves that the late Gerhardt Brandt was not a good man and had an impressive list of enemies. Can Chloe find the killer before everyone packs up their kites and heads home? Cooked Books What do prom night, German Chocolate Cake, and organized crime have in common? They're all elements in Chloe Boston's latest case. The FBI needs a baker to keep a mob accountant's ...

Mayhew Mansion Armistice Day 1918: Christmas is a peaceful time in Quiet Corner -- except at Mayhem Mansion. There is no peace in Kenneth Mayhew's ancestral manse with a restless ghost playing tricks on the family. Christmas guests will be arriving soon and Kenneth's Aunt Agartha has assigned him the task of laying their ghost to rest before the Yuletide revels. On the Rocks Kenneth Mayhew has been summoned to the mansion of one of New York's elite to foil a cunning jewel thief. The dastard threatens to strike on New Years Eve during a costume ball. Can Kenneth, the beautiful Judith, and ...