She wanted a simple life, and got werewolves instead. Meet Whoopsie, a somewhat sheltered young woman whose life was filled with love, laughter, and joy. She recently finished her university degree, got a job at the veterinarian’s office in her hometown, and moved into a comfy lakeside home with her best friend. Life was good. Simple. But that all changed on her twenty-fifth birthday. Her body was changing, and not in a normal, human way. Her hair and eyes had a mind of their own, and she was attracting a lot of attention from people with a strange glow to their eyes. She thought she was losing her mind, until her parents told her the truth about her family and the world around her. Shapeshifters were real, and now that she was twenty-five, the beasts were going to be coming for her. And they did… _____________ The Whoopsie Daisy series is a medium-burn paranormal romance / urban fantasy series where the main character may decide to pick more than one mate from a selection of love interests (reverse harem). It features a quirky main character who grows into her strength while surrounding herself with all sorts of shapeshifting creatures (werewolves, vampires, cat shifters, and more). ⚠️ This is not a series for children (contains content intended for mature audiences including coarse language, violence, and steamy scenes). Content notes are available on the copyright page and the authors website. This is a rewritten edition of the previously published book “Whoopsie Daisy” by C. Sunrise. ⚠️ _____________ C. Sunrise is a Canadian author who spends too much time in the great Canadian outdoors and takes way too many pictures of her dogs (and the beautiful scenery, of course). She hasn't spotted a werewolf, bear shifter, or sasquatch... yet. Until then, she'll keep adventuring and writing fictional stories about fantastical creatures. Keywords: paranormal romance, shifter romance, shape shifter romance, shape shifters, werewolf, reverse harem romance, why choose romance, strong female lead, alpha werewolf, paranormal suspense, paranormal thriller.

Scattered Petals are stories of women with integrity, wisdom and conscientious personal values. They are women who have navigated through challenging circumstances, diverse cultural situations and lived through revealing moments displaying meticulous human spirit within various cultural boundaries and time. The stories are depicted through engaging voices and acts giving glimpses of the unusual, mindful and captivating individuals and their stories.

When Mary Turner entered the world, she was already her parents' least-favorite child. Filled with ambition but always seeming to be lacking some crucial skill, Mary left home immediately after graduating high school and set her sights on the endless horizon before her. Mary had had a difficult childhood; when she was young, her grandparents had died in a tragic accident that left the entire family--especially her father, Kenneth--shrouded in a heavy grief. Once on her own, Mary kept her eyes fixed on the future, and soon that future came to include a man named Adam. Though Adam and Mary had a difficult relationship, they eloped in Las Vegas and returned home a (mostly) happily married couple; it wasn't much later that they became first-time parents. After Scotty was born, however, Mary began exhibiting concerning symptoms. She struggled to bond with her child and experienced increasingly volatile emotional swings. Soon after, Mary was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Mary struggled to cope with her mental illness, and as the years passed, she began turning to drugs and alcohol to soothe her aching mind. She began neglecting, and eventually abusing, Scotty, and the family quickly started to deteriorate. Eventually deciding that Adam and Scotty would be better off without her, Mary packed up her car and ran away to Las Vegas, where she made the bulk of her money by moving illegal drugs. Her time there was a thrilling and dangerous whirlwind, but Mary knew it had to come to an end eventually. Next, she landed in Sedona, Arizona, where she led a quiet, peaceful life, nothing like the one she'd left behind in Vegas. Still, Mary knew she would need to return home and reconnect with the family she'd abandoned. Instead of finding Adam, Mary found Luke, an old friend and fellow addict. Once reunited with Luke, Mary quickly fell in love with him and agreed to help him smuggle drugs out of the country. She was caught at the Dublin airport, however, and sent to prison, where she learned she was pregnant with Luke's child. Her child was taken from her to live with her father. Petals also offers a deeply poignant and introspective look into the many facets of mental illness, substance abuse and recovery, death, heartbreak, joy, and forgiveness. It is through its diverse cast of characters that the reader is allowed a look into the minds and senses of all those touched by Mary's journey. Best suited for readers who enjoy fast-paced action combined with a deeply emotional and introspective narrative, Petals is a multi-generational story of everyday humans who must learn to cut their own paths amid the wild, yet heartbreakingly beautiful, garden that is life.

How do you stop being a thief? Zizy Zakar assumed quitting her job, stealing from her boss, and teleporting hundreds of miles away was one way to give it a go. Getting in and out of sticky situations is her specialty. A little invisibility here, a bit of deception there, and she’s home free. But even a quick-fingered, fast-talking gnome can stumble into danger that tests her skills to stay alive. Pressed into a mission she can’t say no to, Zizy feels desperate, displaced, and lonely. When she meets Laysa, a charming librarian with bold curiosity, Zizy can’t help but want to bring her along on this one last job. She’ll just hide her past, her present, and any complicated info about herself. What could go wrong? Either she finishes the job and protects those she loves, or it all falls apart. Is this journey the ultimate key to unlocking a new path or another sticky situation she has to run from? She’ll use every tool she’s got to get what she wants. **** Tools of a Thief is the enchanting first book in A Series of Decisions on Kairas, a heartwarming high fantasy series. If you like witty characters, delightful adventures, and amazing settings, then you’ll love D. Hale Rambo’s wild tale.

A unique travel memoir, The Scent Trail charts a woman’s journey as she explores the magic and history behind the ingredients of her own bespoke perfume. When Celia Lyttelton visits a bespoke perfumer in London, she enters the heady and exotic world of scent. On a London backstreet she is transported to a world made up of thousands of oils, unguents and balms — all hidden away in an old Chinese medicine chest. And so begins Celia’s remarkable quest to discover the origin, history and culture of the many ingredients that make up her unique custom-made perfume. It is a quest that will take her from Tuscany to Morocco, from Sri Lanka to Tibet, from the peasants and farmers growing their own crops and the traders who sell to the perfume houses, to the “noses” who create the scents and the marketing kings involved in this billion dollar industry. As Celia explores the mythology, history and culture behind ingredients such as jasmine, nutmeg, musk and ambergris, she paints a vivid portrait of this mysterious, sensual world, conjuring up the people she has met and the places she has visited on her scent trail.

Now in paperback along with its sequel, what Booklist calls “an eerie, atmospheric tale, full of terror and courage, set in a convincingly realized magical realm.” Do not wander in the deeps where the Shriker's shadow creeps. When he rises from beneath. Beware the sharpness of his teeth. For over 300 years, a monster known as the Shriker has roamed Shalem Wood, terrorizing the villagers who live on its edges and slaughtering those unfortunate enough to wander on to his path. The people of Noor have lived in fear for so long that most of them have forgotten that once upon a time the Shriker was just a loyal dog, until the day when he was cruelly betrayed by his master and cursed to live a bloodthirsty life, always seeking revenge for the fate his owner dealt him. But Miles and Hanna Ferrell have not forgotten where the Shriker came from--how could they? It was their ancestor who betrayed the dog... A tale of terror and magic that channels Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Beast of Noor tells the story of two siblings determined to set their family free and break the curse of the Shriker or die trying.