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They call them wayward girls. Loose girls. Girls who grew up too fast. And they’re sent to Wellwood House in St. Augustine, Florida, where unwed mothers are hidden by their families to have their babies in secret, to give them up for adoption, and most important of all, to forget any of it ever happened. Everything the girls eat, every moment of their waking day, and everything they’re allowed to talk about is strictly controlled by adults who claim they know what’s best for them.

Joe doesn't care about politics, or what happened. The grid is down, and every day is a struggle to survive. He just knows his world went to Hell when the EMPs ended life as he knew it. Joe scrambled to hide from all of the craziness, but kept his sanity, and improved his lot in life by reading some witty survival notes that his dead grandma had left him. She'd been a prepper all her life, and she had been close to Joe. Joe grows and learns, but can he survive? Listen to this complete series to find out how a regular guy survives in a post-apocalyptic world.

A seventy-year history of disability is threaded throughout these essays and intertwined with writing that celebrates lesbian love, explores the slapstick moments of life, and shares the obstacles and triumphs of becoming a writer later in life.

Fifty-something widow Willow Foxglove's dream is to operate a herbal tea shop. If only she could stop tripping over dead bodies long enough to organize the business! When murder comes to peaceful Aniseed Valley, Willow Foxglove is on the case. Believing the local sheriff to be unequal to the challenge, she pursues leads in between building a new tea shop and looking after her Maine Coon kitten, Mavis.

When the murder victim is revealed as her 'kind-of' boyfriend, the finger of blame points squarely at Willow. To avoid a murder charge, she needs to track down the real killer. Believing that the local Aniseed Valley sheriff is unequal to the challenge, Willow sets about clearing her name. She must also decide the fate of a gifted Maine Coon kitten, who's set her allergies ablaze. As the net tightens, Willow draws on the book-smarts of best friend Harmony and conspiracy-laden facts from second-best friend Reg to help solve the crime.

'I did an evil thing to be put in here, and I’m going to have to do an evil thing to get out.'

When Suzie inherits a grand old house on the beach, her and her best friend Mary go to see the dilapidated structure. With Suzie looking for a new challenge and Mary’s impending divorce, the friends decide to refurbish the old house back into its former glory as a majestic B&B.

Book 2 of the series American Apocalypse continues the heroic struggles of an unlikely band of survivors in Southern Oregon. Joe Harp, the leader, was an overweight auto mechanic without any special survival skills. He had never been in the military but did know how to hunt, fish, and camp. He also had some notes his Grandma left him plus some survival books and supplies his Grandpa left him in an old cabin in the woods. Cobie Simms worked as a clerk at an outdoors store. She was working hard to survive before the SHTF while raising her daughter alone. Joe and Cobie team up to fight the evil around them and make life better for those in their small group.

In the face of danger, just how close can Ettie tread to the scarecrow slayer without finding herself under his ominous gaze? Is she about to make a blunder that could cost more than a bountiful harvest? Prepare for a story that's more chilling than a midnight encounter with a field of scarecrows. Grab your copy now, and join Ettie in unearthing a mystery that will keep you guessing until the last stalk of corn is counted.

Octogenarian sleuth Ettie Smith doesn't go looking for trouble. Trouble finds her! Mysteriously, Amish buggies have been disappearing. Worse, the biggest vendor of Amish buggies was found murdered. Can Ettie pick up the pace of her sleuthing to rein in the killer?

First published in 1733 as Ecole de Cavalerie by François Robichon de la Guérinière, this book is considered as the beginning of modern equitation. The book is most famous for its introduction of the shoulder-in. The theories in this book provide the basis for all modern equitation, and it is probably the most important work on the subject ever written. It was translated from the French to English by Tracy Boucher.

When Ettie decides to give Elsa-May an anonymous gift of a kitten, things litter-rally go from bad to worse. Shortly after Ettie's cat-gifting accomplice leaves their house, he ends up murdered. Feline paw-sitively responsible for his demise, Ettie vows to find the killer. Unfurr-tunately, Ettie soon unravels the victim's hiss-tory, finding litter-rally many enemies. Which one wanted him dead? Can Ettie purr-fect her theory of who dunnit fast enough to inform claw-enforcement and avoid becoming the next victim?

Retired CIA agent Barbara Gold decides to take up gardening to pass the time in Cheerville. Before she can pay for her peat moss and a copy of Gardening for Numbskulls at the garden shop, she overhears two ladies gossiping about the death of Cheerville's best gardener....

Emily Starr is sent to New Moon Farm on Prince Edward Island following the death of her dear father. She lives with her two aunts and her cousin Jimmy. Emily has a hard time getting along with Aunt Elizabeth but has great plans to become a writer.

Five former sorority sisters, all in their 50s, undertake the adventure of a lifetime when a mysterious invite reunites them at an exclusive resort set on a private island.

Bethany has finally realized her dream of opening her own business, but that dream turns into a nightmare when she finds a dead body in her store. Ettie Smith can't stay away when there's a mystery to solve. When Ettie uncovers some startling information, she realizes Bethany's life is in danger. Is the murderer someone close to them? Can Ettie find out before it's too late?

Fifteen-year-old Neva is taken to Wellwood House, a home for unwed mothers, to see out the final three months of her pregnancy. Her father turns tail without even a goodbye, leaving Neva to endure the isolated maternity home for one sweltering summer with the bugs, the boredom, the awful food, the shunned unwed girls just like her. There, she meets Rose, the righteous hippie; Holly, a fourteen-year-old who refuses to talk, and Zinnia, the cultured sceptic.

Allison can break your bones with her mind, and she can't control her power. Now 45 years old, she's spent her life trying to stay away from other people. But a random encounter with a couple on the street leaves her believing that she may have done something horrible. Something unforgivable. Killer-for-hire Daxton and his girlfriend Maggie know the truth. Instead of easing Allison's anguish, they come up with a cruel plan to take advantage of it. But with Allison's abilities exposed, there may be a grisly body count very soon....

In Reincarnation: Past Lives and the Akashic Records, Lois J. Wetzel, MFA, has written the long-awaited sequel to her first book, Akashic Records: Case Studies of Past Lives. Yet Reincarnation takes the listener on a trip to the past like none other. Once again, riveting stories of the past lives of scores of different people are narrated followed by the clients' feedback of how the readings related to their current lifetime. These past lifetimes may go back just a few decades or as much as hundreds of thousands of years on Earth.

Did the murdered woman outside Ettie's house know something she shouldn't? When the authorities learn the victim's expensive engagement ring is missing, the police consider it was a robbery gone wrong. Ettie believes otherwise. When an Amish man falls under suspicion, Ettie sets about to uncover the truth. But is she ready for what she finds out?