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A spear is unearthed from Inca ruins on a hillside in Peru. Although the jade spearhead originated 3,000 miles away and 1400 years in the past, carvings on the shaft unite Mexican and Peruvian images with a more recent time period. But more remarkable is the strange dialect now issuing from the resident archaeologist’s mouth. Is it coincidence that, in Mexico, two-year-old K’iin K’aay is suddenly speaking the same language used by the archaeologist? Jade and husband Luna are buried in preparations to sponsor the world’s largest spiritual healing festival at their school. So buried ...

A kidnapped dachshund. Poison lemonade. A van forced over an embankment. And a mysterious 50-year old diary. Could such seemingly random events be related? Glenn and Lindsay Reade are out buying used books for their bookstore—always seeking that valuable First Edition so coveted by collectors. Instead they discover a diary, written by a troubled teen more than 50 years ago. Within moments of its discovery, their lives turn upside down. Attacks are perpetrated, people are dying. Is it somehow related to the diary? IF so, who in the tiny close-knit Berkshire town could still care? But ...

The murder of a popular eighteen-year-old girl devastates residents of the tight-knit communities surrounding NH’s Lake Winnipesaukee. When the jury sets the accused man free, it shakes people to their very core. Detective Colby Jarvis blames himself—the witnesses were ineffective; his testimony was weak, the clues inadequate. The next morning, jigsaw puzzles begin arriving in mailboxes belonging to people related to the trial. Twelve hours later, deaths begin. Angie tries to help Jarvis in the case, but she’s mired in her own set of problems. Her partner Tyson has just been offered ...

A local drama teacher is found dead with a makeup tube duct taped into her mouth. Everyone is devastated, especially Kiana Smith, co-author of the most recent production intended to raise money for the floundering drama program. Although her own community theater is in the midst of its next production, Angie Deacon agrees to help out. But the principal announces she’ll be working on the case. Since she and Detective Colby Jarvis’ near-death experience in a recent case, she’s sworn to leave investigating to the professionals. Angie thinks the gene that produced maternal instinct is ...

Why do we fear death? Does reincarnation really exist? Why were references of it removed from the bible? Interview with a Soul is intended to answer these questions and more. In a sometimes lighthearted, sometimes serious fictional format, the author hopes to help people understand how the after-death ‘process’ works. Obsidian is funny and irreverent, and scared silly as he stands before the Council of Elders. They guide him gently through his recent life events, and help him decide which situations he could’ve improved, and which were a success. Afterward, he chooses the where, who, ...

Can a yellow throat toucan, and lyrics from Cat Stevens’ songs, help Joy solve the murder of the vice-principal in the middle of her marriage proposal? Joy is finally settling down. She’s bought a house but it needs work. No problem, as she has amazing friends to help out, but a kink in the plans arises when she enlists Trinity’s help ‘relocating’ Merrick’s ghost to the new address. Meanwhile, Joy, Anna, and Whitney are immersed in making a snowy Christmas wonderland in the high school gym, even though they live in sunny Florida. Things go well until a man in a ten-gallon hat, ...

The phone rings at the crack of dawn. Life for Bliss, Whitney, and Hannah shoots rapidly out of control. First, the only female fisherman at the derby is found in her ex-husband’s BBQ smoker. Even though Lucy’s less-than-sparkling personality offers up a truly diverse group of suspects, her on-again-off-again relationship with the ex makes him the leading suspect. But was it possible for the 120-pounds-soaking-wet man to lift the muscular woman alone? Next, another murder—also a tournament competitor, and VP at the bank. As far as Bliss knows, the two people’s lives never crossed. ...

Bliss is hauled back to Magnolia Bluff, Texas in a police car. Her boyfriend, with whom she broke up three months ago, has been found dead in the ashes of the Annual Celtic Faire bonfire. She was miles away when he died, but a witness, someone she considered a friend, said she was in town. And no one can prove otherwise. Chief Jager is being pressured from all sides to not only solve the murder, but also the rash of petty thefts that have hit the small town. Could they somehow be related? Bliss thinks so, but the chief can’t let go of the idea she’s the killer. When the body is ...

A Scary Request is one of many short stories that have spun from Cindy Davis’ novel Zipacna’s Legacy. As an author and psychic, she strives to help adults connect with this sometimes-confusing always fast-paced world. As children, we often have questions our elders cannot answer. We wonder about the person in the corner of the bedroom that no one else can see. Or why something we dream about comes true a day or so later. These aren’t things to fear. They are normal. They are part of your awakening. In this story: Jade meets Grampa Zipacna for the first time. He is imposing and ...

The R&R in Alaska was great but Hannah, Bliss, and Whitney are happy to be home. Until they walk into the house to find a strange man dying on the braided rug in the living room. Their resident ghost has no idea how he got there. While on vacation, the girls made a pact: no more investigating. Too dangerous. Too expensive. But the image of Randy Washburn on the braided rug of their living room, once seen, is impossible to unsee. How did he get into their locked home? Why? Who had a grudge against the father of three small children? The clues dropped at their feet by the intrepid toucan ...

Having just turned 65, officially, in the eyes of the government, I am an elderly person. The events in this book took place over one year’s time - 1/65th - of my life. A minuscule period in those terms. But that nanosecond of time changed my entire life.

Jade French is baffled when she inherits her grandfather Zipacna’s home in Chi’país, Mexico. She’s neither seen nor heard from him in twenty-five years. If he hadn’t cared enough to keep in touch, what kind of place could it be? And why didn’t he leave it to her father? Friend Mari urges her to at least check things out. Jade argues that a trip to Mexico is out of the question right now. She’s too busy climbing the corporate ladder. Mari persists. No surprise: she didn’t inherit a home; it’s a rundown hotel. Big surprise: she decides to stay. More surprises are in store: ...

Can a yellow throat toucan, and lyrics from Neil Diamond songs, help Joy solve the murder of a local woman competing in the annual fishing derby? The phone rings at the butt-crack of dawn. Life for Joy, Whitney, and Anna rapidly spirals out of control. Within hours, the only fisher-woman at the derby is found crammed in her ex-husband’s smoker. Even though Ronnie’s less-than-sparkling personality offers up a voluminous number of suspects, her on-again-off-again relationship with the ex makes him the leading suspect. But was it possible for the 110-pounds-soaking-wet man to lift the 180-...

A priceless Egyptian vase disappears in front of six witnesses. And, of course, the thief.... It's there, then poof, it's gone. The ink is barely dry on snake-lover Phoebe Smith and Susie Homemaker Westen Hughes’ licenses. Their bank accounts are bursting from their previous windfall, yet they’re anxious to get back to work. Then the call comes. During the unveiling of a local college’s exhibit, the vase worth $1.75 million disappears in front of seven people. Smith and Westen dodge threats and physical attacks by the suspects.

Take $2 million in bank securities and a bank manager who moonlights as a magician. Blend well, then add: a nagging shrew of a wife, a high-maintenance daughter in debt up to her ears, a talk show host who foots too many of the family bills, a theater producer who's never around when people need him, and it's clear Gabe Heinz has two million reasons to disappear. He is in the middle of his vanishing act on stage when he does just that - vanish before a sell-out crowd, along with $2 million in securities from the bank where he's vice president.

Paige sees her fiancé murder his associate. And he knows she saw. Paige Carmichael must’ve had a premonition that her life was about to take a turn for the worse. One of the books she read was How to Change your Identity and Hide from Anyone. Then she saw her fiancé murder his best friend and associate. And call in one of his flunkies to remove the body. This wasn’t what she signed up for when she agreed to marry Stefano Santangelo. Sure, she knew he was in the mob, but he’d sworn it was numbers running and things like that. Not about to leave the four-year relationship without ...

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Resounding follow-up to Zipacna’s Legacy Search for Power Chaahk has a plethora of deep-dark secrets. So deep and dark that he escapes his hometown of Chi’país, Mexico to hide amongst Native Americans in Sedona, Arizona. For twelve years, he avoids his past, memories of his half-brother Zipacna, and the shamanic abilities that made him feel like a freak. An energy vortex at Jade Martinez’s school in Chi’país draws students from all over the world, so many that she seeks to open a second school for advanced spiritual education. What better location than Sedona with its famed ...

How did 1500 residents of a village in India disappear practically overnight? Is there really a curse that’s endured for hundreds of years? Tate and Aria’s mission is simple: Find the energy portal in the long-deserted village of Kuldhara, and see where it goes within the earth. They dive eagerly into the task even though an archaic legend claims the place is both cursed and haunted. And things are simple…until the wife of a Danish ambassador requests—more like demands—their help recovering the Florentine diamond, missing since the end of WWII. The appeal is easy to ignore; after ...

In real life, people make both good and bad decisions. Bad ones often cycle back to bite us when we least expect it. And sometimes people feel forced to make decisions contrary to their desires and beliefs. When Claudia Goodwin's father issues an edict--you'll marry David Van Buren so I can merge our two companies--naturally she balks. That's where the bad decisions begin, especially when she learns she's pregnant by David's brother. In a moment of panic, she gives up the baby for adoption, believing that, in 1954, it's best for him to grow up with two loving parents.Then she spends the ...