Catherine O'Shea is the oldest and most responsible of the three O'Shea sisters. She has just buried her mother, one of the last victims of the flu epidemic of 1918. Her father had been one of the first to succumb to the flu and her fiancé was killed in the war. And now there is a detective living at her hotel, the Black Swan, looking into the disappearance of her abusive brother-in-law. He is entirely the wrong person and it is absolutely the wrong time for her to be giving Detective Massey a second look, much less a third and fourth. She'll simply have to control the sparks that fly every time they are together. Quincy Massey just wants to get the little job of finding Ralph Contiello done and go back home to Little Rock, Arkansas. The small town of Huttig is friendly enough but it sure isn't his type of town. And Catherine O'Shea with her smart remarks and red hair is getting under his skin entirely too much. Quincy's unstoppable quest for the truth and Catherine's unflappable determination to keep it hidden immediately sets the two of them at odds. In order to look towards a future with its offer of unconditional love they'll first have to bury the past.

With the promise of new land and new opportunities, people flocked to the Indian Territory in hopes of making their fortune. By 1905, Vinita was as cultured and its people as educated as those in St. Louis and Kansas City. In two more years, the junction in the Cherokee Nation would become the center of Craig County in the brand new state of Oklahoma. Compiled from articles published in The Grand Laker, Pushin' Up Daisies 2 - Brand New State takes you back to the time when neighbors gathered together to create a community they had always dreamed of. Learn how to cook on a wood stove, create power from eels, and most of all, learn how they lived.

From the arrival of the railroads in 1871, through statehood in 1907 and onward through two World Wars, Vinita continued to be a hub of transportation and modernization. Few towns can boast of the number of "firsts" that Vinita has, or its importance in the creation of Route 66, air travel and the Pensacola Dam. Cowboys and Indians still walk the streets alongside doctors, lawyers and artists. Their common ground is a love for small town life and the belief that anything is possible when you work together. It's just one reason why she will always be, Vinita: Queen of the Prairie. The book features 40 chapters covering Vinita, Oklahoma and surrounding communities including Bernice, Cleora, Ketchum, Adair, Tulsa, Miami, Grove, Cardin & Picher. It also features history about the Pensacola Dam and Grand Lake O' The Cherokees including the Cherokee Yacht Club.

Pushin'up weight till i'm pushin up daisies

PUSHING UP DAISIES is a story of a large gopher family tunneling in the packed dirt of a cow pasture and a school yard. One little gopher has other ideas and encounters adventures outside the packed dirt enjoying an easier way to tunnel and find moist roots to eat. He has a hard time listening to the wisdom given to him by his mom and dad and extended family. There is trouble ahead for little Godfrey Pocket.

If one door closes and another one opens, your house is probably haunted. —Bumper Sticker As a Part-time PI and fulltime grim reaper, Charley Davidson has asked a lot of questions throughout her life: Why can I see dead people? Who is the hot supernatural entity following me? How do I get gum out of my sister’s hair before she wakes up? But, “How do I trap not one malevolent god, but three?” was never among them. Until now. And since those gods are on earth to kill her daughter, she has little choice but to track them down, trap them, and cast them from this dimension. There’s just one problem. One of the three stole her heart a very long time ago. Can the Razer, a god of absolute death and destruction, change his omniscient spots, or will his allegiances lie with his brothers? Those are just a few of the questions Charley must answer, and quick. Add to that a homeless girl running for her life, an innocent man who’s been charged with murdering the daughter of a degenerate gambler, and a pendant made from god glass that has the entire supernatural world in an uproar, and Charley has her hands full. If she can manage to take care of the whole world-destroying-gods thing, we’re saved. If not, well... Those are just some of the questions Charley must answer, and quick. Add to that a homeless girl on the run for her life, a man who's been framed for murdering a woman who is still very much alive, and a pendant made from god glass that has the entire supernatural world in an uproar, Charley has her hands full. If she can manage to take care of the whole world-destroying-gods thing, we're saved. If not, well...