For too long, the magical kingdom of Iressia has been overrun with disease and starvation. The people are suffering and dying. Something must be done before it’s too late. Princess Seraphina Kinsley would do anything to save her dying kingdom, including finding the Guardians of Iressia to light the five towers that protect their kingdom from darkness. With the help of her friend, Jer, she brings the Guardians together and sends them on the quest of a lifetime. The four young Guardians are just discovering their powers and learning to master the elements they control. Pressed for time, the four women set out to light the first tower, unsure of the dangers ahead. They only know that the dark sorcerer, Alastair, is hunting them and will do anything in his power to claim Iressia as his own. The Guardians are rising once more to restore their kingdom to its rightful glory. Together, Princess Seraphina, Jer, and the four Guardians must learn to trust each other and discover the mysteries of their past in order to save their beloved kingdom. Discover this epic story of magic, danger, and romance in the first installment of The Guardians of Iressia.

Two quokkas, two snails, one strawberry patch . . . Suzy and Sam Snail live in the Land of Sadness, constantly working hard to feel loved. But their gloomy lives just might change when they meet two friendly quokkas who tell them all about the Creator and what life is like in the Land of Happiness. Will the Snails remain sad and empty? Or will they eagerly journey to a new land where grace, joy, and contentment grow instead? Join these four quirky friends in the strawberry patch, and let this parable-style story offer your family a powerful conversation starter and a celebration of God’s gift of grace.

The world is coming to an end. That’s what Remy Delemme believes, anyways. While double-checking his lifelong to-do list to ensure he has led a rich life, he realizes he hasn’t come close to completing his goals. Panicked and short on time, Remy embarks on a chaotic road trip to complete the most important item on his bucket list – finding the answer to man’s greatest question. There’s just one problem. Detective Tobias Gray, the most respected criminal profiler in the Toronto Police Department, thinks Remy is a serial killer; and he’s not the only one who has come to that conclusion. Armed with a green crayon, smiley-faced stamp and a pack of cigarettes in a race against time, Remy carves a path of hilarious destruction, baffling and infuriating the police, his government and every other person he encounters.

No-one can mess with the clan and expect to live... The Killing: An unarmed teenage ram-raider is gunned down by police in a back alley ... The Family: The Beatties, one of Melbourne's most notoriously lawless clans stretching back to the Sixties. Now their youngest is dead, and Melbourne holds its breath, waiting for the payback it knows is coming. The Job: But someone is planning the biggest hold-up in Australia's history, and no-one, not even the Beattie family, is allowed to get in the way ...

An untamable love? Annie never could deny her feelings for Daniel Starbridge. Once, they'd shared the sweetest summer of love, until Daniel had vanished suddenly from her life. She'd fought hard to forget him—but now he was back, and determined to rekindle the passion between them…. Annie knew she must resist, to protect her most cherished secret—her precious daughter, Kailey. She had to keep Daniel at arm's length. But could she really banish him from her heart?

1885. Adria Fontaine has been sent to recover goods her father pirated on the Great Lakes during the war. But when she arrives at Foxglove Manor--a stone house on a cliff overlooking Lake Superior--Adria senses wickedness hovering over the property. The mistress of Foxglove is an eccentric and seemingly cruel old woman who has filled her house with dangerous secrets, ones that may cost Adria her life. Present day. Kailey Gibson is a new nurse's aide at a senior home in a renovated old stone manor. Kidnapped as a child, she has nothing but locked-up memories of secrets and death, overshadowed by the chilling promise from her abductors that they would return. When the residents of Foxglove start sharing stories of whispers in the night, hidden treasure, and a love willing to kill, it becomes clear this home is far from a haven. She'll have to risk it all to banish the past's demons, including her own.

With a practical and innovative approach to the study of interpersonal communication, Interpersonal Encounters: Connecting through Communication, by Laura K. Guerrero and Bree McEwan, prepares students to become better communicators in their personal and professional lives.

Contemporary cozy murder mystery She still loves him, but life with him is murder… Daisy Bruce never expected to see her ex-fiancée again. Especially when their reunion coincides with confronting the two people who contributed to her breaking up with Emile Reis in the first place. And when an unexpected death is thrown in the mix, she's forced to not only face her past but her choice to become a Fleming Investigations private detective in the first place. Can she solve the case before her heart betrays her? Welcome to the Daisy Bruce Cozy Mysteries, a spinoff of the award-winning Fiona Fleming and Fleming Investigations Cozy Mysteries! KEYWORDS: cozy murder mystery book, cozy murder mystery series, cozy mystery book, cozy mystery series, contemporary cozy murder mystery, contemporary cozy mystery

Ever since a cult took his daughter, police investigator Ross Malcolm's mission has been to protect children. So when a secretive sect is suspected of child endangerment, he's on the job, seeking evidence from the latest victim's aunt, Julia McNeill. Though taught to fear outsiders, Julia risks everything to help Ross. But her actions unleash a dangerous chain of events. Now Ross must save not one but three lives from the evil that threatens them.