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October 31 is just around the corner and Emily Westhill’s Boston cream donuts, carved with a scream, have made an indelible impression on local eccentric Rich Royalson. So much so that he’s ordered three dozen, with no screaming faces and twice the fudge frosting, for his seventieth birthday—a special event in more ways than one. It’s to be held on fog-shrouded Lake Fleekom where, twenty years ago, his wife mysteriously drowned.

My dreams of making it to the big league had finally come true, but one wild night in a strip club which was clearly a mistake landed me squarely on the team's bad boy list. The PR manager is supposed to smooth it all over, too bad all I wanted was to get in trouble with her. I wasn't really the playboy they thought I was, I just needed to find the right woman to set me straight. Now I just have to prove I'm not what she thought.

There's more to celebrate this Halloween when Bailey's college friend Raven prepares to walk down the aisle in spooky seasonal style. As a bridesmaid, Bailey is overwhelmed helping with wedding preparations while the annual holiday festival scares up business for her bookstore. She also finds herself playing peacekeeper between fellow bridesmaids Colby and Ivy, whose arguments add even more conflict to the already simmering tensions within the wedding party between the groom's traditional family and the bride's bohemian parents.

When Mackenzie Bardine's brother Aaron was murdered in a drug deal gone wrong, she started a true crime podcast dedicated to exposing "Bullseye," the drug kingpin responsible. But her protective heart has never let go of the blame she places on herself and Aaron's best friend, Gideon Landry. On the run to the wilds of Washington to chase a recent lead, she meets none other than Gideon himself.

Emmeline Duncan presents Book 3 in the Halloween Bookshop Mystery series.

What do you get when you mix up a dead mobster, a snarky feline familiar, and a sudden marriage proposal? If you're Ruby Diamond, witch of Fiddler's Cove, Connecticut, you get a whole lot of problems. It seems like everyone in town wanted Benito Lombardi dead. How can Ruby sift through the clues and navigate the biggest decision of her life at the same time? Everything she's been working for comes to this one last case. The stakes are so high. Fortunately, Ruby has her perpetually snarky and habitually mouthy cat Rumpus at her side.

Clutching her babies, a mother flees through the streets of Boston, desperate to escape the monster she married. Thirty-four years later, two men enter Samantha Carroll's Colorado art gallery, and her safe, secure world explodes. Now Sam is en route back to Boston to meet her twin brother, Nick, and Paul Merritta, the crime boss whose blood runs through her veins. Merritta is dying, and he wants to clear up some unfinished business with his daughter.

In A Letter to Three Witches, Elizabeth Bass introduced the sleepy college town of Zenobia, New York, where magic is very real. Now, a bride-to-be on a quest for the right wedding dress realizes it's time to embrace her inner witch, in this witty, lighthearted romantic comedy with an enchanted twist.

There's a dead man on the floor. And somebody is knocking on the door! Her trusty feline familiar, Rumpus, is passed out in the bathtub. It looks like a setup. They weren't lying when they said middle age was full of surprises! She can't go to her boyfriend, Jon. As Chief of Police, he'd have a nasty conflict of interest. The truth is that Ruby looks like the suspect. And there's nothing or no one on the good side of the law that can help her. So . . . she teams up with the mob. That's right. She calls her nemesis, Benito Lombardi.

Eveline Helmink's life changed forever when her mother showed signs of dementia. With her father living in denial and her mother slowly becoming unable to recognize her, Eveline was left emotionally stranded with no help on the way. Over 16 million people in the US, like Eveline, are not receiving the support they need as someone they're close to battles dementia—but this book can provide a much-needed source of emotional sustenance.

Middle aged sea witch Ruby Diamond returns for another magical mystery adventure. While looking for the missing father of her teenaged apprentice Allegra, Ruby and Chief of Police Jon "Merman" Miller stumble across a dead body. You'd think people would learn not to leave those things lying around! As always, Ruby is aided by the perpetually snarky and habitually mouthy feline familiar Rumpus as she searches for clues to unravel the mystery. This time, she'll need all the help she can get, because forces both mundane and magical are mustering to take her down before she can uncover the truth.

Since the 1960s, documentary films have moved closer to the mainstream, thanks to the popularity of rockumentaries, association with the independent film movement, support from public and cable television, and the rise of streaming video services. Documentary films have become reliable earners at the US box office and ubiquitous on streaming platforms, while historically they existed on the margins of mainstream media.

Just when Ruby finally gets her boyfriend Chief Jon Miller back, and utters the dreaded "L" word, a bank robbery steals away his chance to reply. Ruby handles the situation in her usual, inimitable style, only to find yet another distraction: Murder. It's "Fame Over" when a reality TV starlet turns up dead in a dumpster. Ruby has her hands full trying to juggle the many suspects and twisty clues, let alone getting Jon to 'fess up about his feelings. Of course, Ruby doesn't have to charge into the mystery alone. Her trusted feline familiar is on the case as well.

As Christmas rounds the bend, Eliza Lee Elliott struggles with her grandfather's death. Though her faith has carried her through the grief, working at the Appalachian Express has kept her sane, especially her new task of coordinating The Santa Run. Bennett Olsen is tired of city life, so when McCoy Railway purchases the Appalachian Express, it gives in a big way. Supervising the Kentucky acquisition is his chance to slow down. When an accident threatens the Santa Run, Eliza and Bennett are pushed together at every turn, making their growing attraction impossible to ignore.

The cozy coastal town of Fiddler's Cove, Connecticut, is rocked by an explosion and all of a sudden Sea Witch Ruby's maybe-boyfriend Chief of Police Jon Miller is presumed dead after his car exploded under mysterious circumstances. Now she must unravel a tangled web of twisted clues to bring the killer to justice! Who blew up Jon's patrol car? Was it ruthless mobster Benito Lombardi, who wants revenge on Ruby for sending his best hitman to prison? Or could it be greedy industrialist "Tex" Tillerson, whose hokey southern charm hides a dark secret?

Beth and Ian are desperate to have a child. So much so that they decide to sell his family cabin in upstate New York to pay for IVF. When they arrive at the cabin, they meet Ryan, the caretaker. But Ryan is not who he says he is… He’s here because he knows Beth has a dark secret. And now he intends to use it against her. He threatens to tell Ian everything about Beth's past unless she does exactly what he says.

Fortysomething Witch Ruby Diamond returns, and she's bringing her perpetually mouthy and habitually snarky feline familiar, Rumpus. Ruby is still settling into her life in the cozy coastal town of Fiddler's Cove, Connecticut—a task made easier by the handsome Merman Chief of Police, Jon Miller. If only she could stop being embroiled in murder mysteries. Ruby's apprentice Allegra discovers the body of a beloved local birdwatcher and inadvertently upends a can of worms that could shake Fiddler's Cove to its core. Every secret unlocks another suspect. Every clue leads to more questions.

Fortysomething witch Ruby Diamond and her big-mouthed feline pal Rumpus return for another midlife magic and mayhem mystery. Ruby's just trying to live her best life in her cozy coastal town in Connecticut—and make time with the handsome merman Chief of Police John Miller—when she gets a little extra protein with her fresh cod . . . A severed human finger.

Drafted as chaperones, Maya Kendrick and PTA president Sandra Wallage are accompanying the SoPo High seniors to the nation's capital—much to the embarrassment of Maya's daughter Vanessa and Sandra's son Ryan. Now both moms are about to find out which is harder—shepherding unruly high schoolers or solving a murder. The last sight they expected to see on this trip is a female intern who works for Sandra's soon-to-be-ex-husband, Senator Stephen Wallage, in a fatally compromising position.

The speed of technological development, from cell phones to artificial intelligence, opens up exciting new opportunities for promoting human flourishing. It also raises grave risks, threatening not only personal privacy and dignity but also our collective survival. Technologies of Human Rights Representation asks: How can we open the black box of technological advances so that we can more fully understand their effects upon our lives? What can we do to make sure that these effects align with the values of human rights?