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It's All Hallows Eve and the tree mice are having a dance party. The revels are interrupted by the Zum sisters who are intent upon having a duel. Fortunately, there's an old witch mouse in their midst and she may be able to save the day.

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.

This is a retelling of Cinderella, one of the classic bedtime stories for children. Even a Cinder Mouse wants a chance to go to the ball, and with the help of godmother bat with powerful magic and some loyal bug friends, Cindy will have her chance to meet Prince Darcy.

Edam and Gouda Mauz have gone into the woods to gather nuts and berries. Gouda wants to go to the meadow and Edam to the pond. Edam's adventures with the wild animals in the marsh teach him that there are many scary things in the world beyond the farm, but there are many wonderful things and new friends waiting too.

'But Faustus' offenses can never be pardoned: the serpent that tempted Eve may be sav'd but not Faustus'. Christopher Marlowe knew this only too well when he penned his famous play in the days when Elizabeth I was on the throne. His deal with the Dark Man to extend his life has had him wandering, rootless for centuries and has driven him away from normal society. As the millenium turned he was living in exile on an island in Maine in a fortress where the Dark Man's descendents couldn't find him. Enter Edy Chenowth, a woman with a mission. Her grandfather has recently passed away and as a ...

The classic fairy tale retold by mice.

"Overbourd" is the third installment in the Kenneth Mayhew Cozy Mystery Series. Kenneth Mayhew is headed for Havana and fun in the sun instead of going home for the family reunion. The high sea is a great place for romance, but in spite of the charming company, the SS Valbenara turns out to be a ship filled with tension. There are hijinks but they aren't friendly and Kenneth isn't surprised when things escalate into something deadly.

"Four Seasons" is the ninth installment in the Butterscotch Jones Cozy Mystery Series. Leon Rausch of the CIA was not thrilled to be stranded in the Canadian wilderness. While worried about the attempted assassination that brought down his plane not far from McIntyre's Gulch, he has no idea that other dangers are lurking in the woods around him. With the Mountie snowbound in Winnipeg, it is left to Butterscotch and her neighbors to mount a rescue mission into the territory of The Others and get the passengers and crew out alive. Burdened with injured and hounded by the weather, they are ...

Concurrently being published as "Raising the Dead / Ill Wind (Miss Henry Mystery Series Book 13)". Two cozy Christmas shorts are included in this holiday short story collection. Ill Wind (Butterscotch Jones Mystery Series Book 12) Twas the night before Christmas and the Gulch was missing both persons and toilet paper. Butterscotch Jones, unwilling Canadian detective, volunteers to to make a run to Irish Camp where the Wings is grounded with the town's much needed Christmas supplies. With the weather closing in and a hijacking in progress at the airport, she may need Santa's sleigh to escape...

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 ...

A House Mouse at Christmas Follow the adventures of Edam Mauz, a house mouse who goes to visit his country cousins at Christmas. A House Mouse Picnic Edam and Gouda Mauz have gone into the woods to gather nuts and berries. Gouda wants to go to the meadow and Edam to the pond. Edam's adventures with the wild animals in the marsh teach him that there are many scary things in the world beyond the farm, but there are many wonderful things and new friends waiting too. Cinder Mouse A House Mouse at Halloween Edam Mouse has found the best club house in the world-- a giant pumpkin where someone has...

Mystery thrived while the twenties roared. Fire, Nevada is a town barely clinging to life and it is there Jane Blackthorn goes to hide from her family as she waits for her wedding day. Her beloved Uncle Jack is distracted by troubles at the silver mine. He and his partner are being pressured to sell to an Arizona conglomerate and the mine is being plagued by accidents which the men blame of the tommyknockers. Jane doesn't believe that the accidents are supernatural in origin but can she and her college friend, Bea Childe, prove it before the situation turns fatal? "Death in a Low Place" is ...

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.

Welcome to Hope Falls, where Autumn is in the air… "Melanie Jackson is a talent to watch." —WritersWrite.com An overturned truck on the outskirts of town has left wild turkeys running loose in Hope Falls. Chloe Boston, unofficial detective and meter maid, is set the task of rounding them up before Thanksgiving. While Chloe is hunting turkeys, she stumbles on a murder. Clues at the scene are pointing Chloe in the one direction she doesn't want to look. The chief wants both turkeys and killer rounded up by the holiday weekend. Can Chloe do the seemingly impossible and also be maid of ...

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...

"On the Beach" is the eighteenth book in the Chloe Boston Cozy Mystery Series. How can a simple Caribbean vacation turn into an international incident? With Chloe Boston on the case anything can happen, that's how. Come along for the ride of a lifetime as Chloe tracks smugglers, evades men in Panama hats, meets a real secret agent-- only nobody knows for who's side-- and thwarts a devious plan in "On the Beach". Part cozy mystery, part international thriller; call it a cozy international thriller. The mystery begins in the second chapter and isn't resolved until the very end. Every chapter ...

From Melanie Jackson, Best-Selling author of the Chloe Boston Mystery Series. The sixth book in the Butterscotch Jones Mystery Series is 27k words in length. "Melanie Jackson is a talent to watch." --WritersWrite.com The time had come-- Butterscotch was ready to tie the knot! Plans were under way for the festivities and then the Mountie got called away on a dangerous case. Butterscotch was sure she could cope but, as the saying goes, man plans and the gods laugh. They laugh twice as hard at frantic brides. Will the Mountie be able to wrap up his case in time to get back to their wedding-- ...

Mayhew in Scotland (Kenneth Mayhew Historical Mysteries Book 5) Kenneth Mayhew has returned to the soggy, ancestral acres of England to visit kith and kin. But a little bit of extended family goes a long way and Kenneth and Bentley soon escape the auld lang syne by heading north to Scotland. But things are not peaceful over the border and Cill Fhinnein House where they are staying seems to be living under the pall of witches' curse and the ghost of her demon dog. Kenneth knows he must lend a hand to help his beleaguered chum, and ghost hunting is more fun than shooting grouse in the rain. ...

Welcome to the Gulch... funny things happen in the middle of nowhere. When the mafia plane exploded, that should have been the end of troubles 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 with reporters and an anthropologist. Can she get rid of them before someone ends up dead or the town's past ends up exposed? This includes the bonus short story "Don't Eat Possum In The Fall". "A light, fun ...