Cat Dancing

In this latest installment of Alexander McCall Smith’s beloved No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency Series, Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi volunteer for an important case up north involving an elephant sanctuary, leaving assistant detective Charlie to manage a complicated and potentially risky new...

Animals behaving badly. A ghostly hand on the staircase of an old theater. Skunks where no skunks should be. Insider information from the author herself about the strange, absurd, and occasionally even glamorous world of belly dance! In this collection of short stories, there are also more than a few appearances by Ginger and Susan, the main characters in the series The Belly Dance Mysteries. While they’re not stumbling over bodies this time, they do manage to get into quite a few ridiculous situations! This hodgepodge collection has a little something for everyone, so if you need a laugh...

A New York Times Bestseller Paedyn and Kai battle with duty and desire in this highly anticipated second installment in the sizzling and epic romantic fantasy trilogy that’s packed with spicy tension and edge-of-your-seat betrayal. The kingdom of Ilya is in turmoil… After surviving the...

'I am a fortunate woman to have such an eventful life', observes Mma Ramotswe. Perhaps, but there are times when rather too much seems to be happening. This latest despatch from Botswana is certainly full of events, even if it starts with a leisurely trip to buy a pair of shoes for Mr J.L.B. Matekoni. As often happens, one thing leads to another, and we are soon caught up in an ill-thought-out plan hatched by Charlie, junior mechanic and trainee detective. Charlie has met up with two rising stars of the local musical world – jazz players known as Lion and Leopard.

In the stunning conclusion of the beloved series... Bard Pran has risen through the ranks of power, at least as far as being a Bard goes. Now she must work her way into the most secret plot to have ever existed in her world. A very old threat has returned, and it might very well destroy the entire world if not stopped. A thing that Bard Pran will simply not allow.

An aspiring chef and world-famous popstar cook up what starts to sound like a love song in this sapphic new adult debut from Betty Cayouette. This is Riley’s last summer as a chef. At least, this is what she’s promised her dads, who run a Cape Cod lobster shack and don’t want their...

Longlisted for the 2023 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award A lively exploration of animal behavior in all its glorious complexity, whether in tiny wasps, lumbering elephants, or ourselves. For centuries, people have been returning to the same tired nature-versus-nurture debate...

Eliza Bennett, a textile researcher, receives a mysterious invitation to a masquerade ball in Venice. A murder occurs at the ball, and Eliza becomes entangled in a web of intrigue involving her talking cat named Merlin, cryptic notes, and a dangerous secret admirer. The investigation leads to the discovery of her father's hidden past and a valuable artifact, resulting in a thrilling chase through Venice and a dramatic climax involving a collapsing building and a whole lot of water! Once again you will relish in Merlin's arcane observations on life in this fun tale.

Canals, crooked houses, hidden churches, floating cats, tulip madness, and enough bicycles to make you question your life choices. Welcome to Weird Amsterdam. This is not your typical Amsterdam travel guide. It is a funny, story-driven journey through one of Europe's most fascinating cities, where medieval engineering, bizarre history, secret places, and wonderfully strange traditions hide around nearly every canal corner. Walk from Amsterdam Centraal Station into a city that somehow stands on millions of wooden piles driven into swampy ground. Discover why houses lean at impossible angles,...

A spellbinding novel about a witch returning to Salem for a second chance at friendship and a fresh start—only to find herself entangled in dangerous hexes and an irresistible connection with a cursed detective who may never be able to love her back—in this second installment of The Lost...

The man she has loved all her life has married another woman. Can a broken heart ever learn to love again? For as long as Miss Beatrice Edmundson can remember, the Duke of Norwich has been the man of her dreams. Dashing, powerful, and imposing, with dark hair and stormy grey eyes, the duke has been the object of Beatrice's admiration since childhood. As their homes stand beside one another in Bath's fashionable Royal Crescent, she has spent years hoping that one day he will look at her and realize that they are meant to be together. But Beatrice's dreams are shattered when she discovers ...

Celia Graves's newest client is one of the last surviving members of a magical family that is trapped in a generations-old feud with other magic-workers. She is supposed to die at the next full moon unless Celia can broker peace between the clans or break the curse before it can take effect. For the first time in a long while, Celia's personal life is looking up. Her vampire abilities seem to be under control, her Siren abilities have gotten more reliable, and even though her office was blown up, her services are more in demand than ever now.

From bestselling author P.S. Power comes a story to rock the ages... When Pran decided to steal the statue of the founder at her bard college and replace it with one of her own making, it was only as a game. A prank to celebrate her coming graduation. Until tragedy struck and one of her friends was injured. Now she's cast out, seven years of bard training made moot, left destitute on the streets of a nearby city. Where she witnesses a crime taking place. Lying, since that's half of what being a bard is, she claims to be a Guardian, and stops the crime. Leading her into an adventure that she...

Return to the magical world of Enchantia in the captivating third series of Magic Ballerina by Darcey Bussell! When Holly is given a pair of red ballet shoes by Rosa, little does she know – they are magic! She finds herself transported to the magical world of Enchantia where she meets the...

It is the late 1970s and teenagers Gaia and her brother Bron live with their parents on their isolated property on Western Australia's Coral Coast. Intensively trained for a career as a professional ballet dancer by her mother, once a principal dancer in the American Ballet Theatre, Gaia also loves snorkeling over the coral reef that borders their small market garden. Then comes a day that changes her life forever: she discovers a rare pair of dramatically colored seadragons, their courtship dance over the coral spellbinding, and that night she loses her entire family and her dancing dream.

SUGAR TIDE CANDIES WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SWEET—NOT DEADLY. Marina Days turns Seabrook Cove’s dockside market into a postcard… until Cal Mercer strides in with his clipboard and that smug little smile that makes vendors’ hands tighten on their cash boxes. One quiet comment, one “helpful” form, and suddenly a booth gets moved, a permit gets “delayed,” and someone’s summer plans start sinking. Then Cal is found dead beneath his own stall. Now Nell Carney’s candy shop gets the kind of attention that doesn’t buy taffy: an inspection notice written like someone’s been inside ...

Death dances in Pelican Shores this Valentine’s Day ❤️ Finn Dockrey expects roses, rhythm, and romance when Pelican Shores hosts a dazzling Argentine Tango Exhibition to save the aging Deveraux Theatre. Instead, the final performance ends with a body onstage, and the most enigmatic man in the room dead at her feet. Finn has a knack for stumbling into murder scenes. She and her best friend, Birdie, dive in with fearless enthusiasm, aided by Finn's golden retriever, with his uncanny nose for secrets, and Birdie's cat with her perfectly-timed interference. Island gossip ignites, suspect ...

Pran's work is never done. Settling into the life of a Guardian isn't easy, and worse, things are taking a very dark turn... Something is going on, and either Pran figures the mystery out, or the whole world might well suffer for it.

A seaside festival. A fortune-teller booth. A candy shop owner who notices what others miss. Nell Carney is working the fireworks rush at Sugar Tide when Madame Orla turns a “reading” into a public takedown—and influencer Marla Prichard captures every cruel second for her followers. By morning, Orla is dead behind the stalls, her booth wrecked, and the whole boardwalk chanting the same easy story: robbery. But Nell remembers what doesn’t fit. Cash left in plain sight. A back-latch checked like habit. Notes that mattered more than money. As the town picks a convenient villain and ...

One dead sponsor. Two hundred witnesses. Zero answers. When Brent Salter is found behind the competition platform at the Seabrook Cove Kite Festival, the sheriff sees a tragic accident. Nell Carney — candy shop owner, festival coordinator, and the most observant person on the seawall — sees a knot tied the wrong way. Someone set this up. Someone with access, patience, and a very good reason to want Brent gone. Melvin Clark had his reputation destroyed in public. Karen Buttis lost a deal worth real money. Shawn Dunn was hiding a secret Brent had been using against him for months. And ...