With the grittiness and mystery of Veronica Mars and the magic and romance of Once Upon A Time, this is a captivating urban fantasy mystery readers are sure to be enchanted by! This fairytale retelling is packed with mystery, adventure, and forbidden romance with characters from favorite fairytales! Magic starts weeping into Wonderland and it spells nothing but trouble. Thanks to her growing reputation as an unofficial private investigator, Alice Wynter gets a visit from Rory Stone, a young woman interested in figuring out who her birth parents are. She lives with her three maternal aunts and they refuse to say a word. Unfortunately for Alice, she’s not as good at finding people as she is at solving crimes, which means she has to recruit Jack Lupine. They haven’t gotten along before Alice’s best friend was murdered. At the same time, Rumplestilskin is back with more information on Beast’s wrongful imprisonment and wants Alice to help figure out why a man would sign his life away for a crime he didn’t commit. All they have is a name - Belle - and the fact that she’s the only person he’s been writing to, besides his sister. When clues lead her to unraveling the truth about the Mad Mage, about whether he’s really back, she realizes she could potentially be putting herself and her small town in danger. Alice may not possess magic, but she’s in a world of it. Wonderland is like an onion; the more she peels back, another more sinister layer is there, ready to threaten everything and everyone she loves. She must press forward and continue to uncover everything about the town’s sordid history if she ever wants to learn what really happened to her best friend - and why Alice is at the center of everything.

Charlotte Vance is a young woman who knows what she wants. But when the man she planned to marry joins the Shakers--a religious group that does not marry--she is left dumbfounded. And when her father brings home a new wife who is young enough to be Charlotte's sister, it is more than she can bear. With the country--and her own household--on the brink of civil war, this pampered gentlewoman hatches a plan to avoid her new stepmother and win back her man by joining the Shaker community at Harmony Hill. Little does she know that this decision will lead her down a road toward unforeseen peace--and a very unexpected love. Ann H. Gabhart brings alive the strikingly different worlds of the Southern gentry, the simple Shakers, and the ravages of war to weave a touching story of love, freedom, and forgiveness that sticks with readers long after they have turned the last page.

THE SEEKER, A BOY IN SEARCH OF HIS NAME, is an epic journey of self-discovery set in Israel during Jesus' time. The reader joins the journey 12 years after the seeker's tragic birth when his mother dies in childbirth and his grief-stricken father refuses to hold his son and flees into the desert to die. The boy is given the name, Bakbakkar, by the mysterious Keeper of Names. Bakbakkar, the seeker, is raised by his uncle and aunt. Their son, Jared, becomes his best friend, but their sibling rivalry erupts in near death and betrayal. Bakbakkar is cast out. At the Riiver Jordan the boy receives his new name and discovers an ability he never knew he had. He is then faced with a choice. Does he return to the desert with his father, go to Jerusalem and become the son of the woman who supported him before his epic journey began or return from exile to his aunt, uncle and cousin, Jared. Only a boy willing to fully embrace his new name can find his way home.

A bloody murder. An open and shut case? In Oliver Cromwell's London, nothing is as it seems - Captain Damian Seeker must battle to find justice, when an innocent man's life hangs in the balance. 'Challenges CJ Sansom for dominion of historical crime' Sunday Times 'The best historical crime novel of the year' Sunday Express London, 1654. Oliver Cromwell is at the height of his power and has declared himself Lord Protector. Yet he has many enemies, at home and abroad. London is a complex web of spies and merchants, priests and soldiers, exiles and assassins. One of the web's most fearsome spiders is Damian Seeker, agent of the Lord Protector. No one knows where Seeker comes from, who his family is, or even his real name. All that is known of him for certain is that he is utterly loyal to Cromwell, and that nothing can be long hidden from him. In the city, coffee houses are springing up, fashionable places where men may meet to plot and gossip. Suddenly they are ringing with news of a murder. John Winter, hero of Cromwell's all-powerful army, is dead, and the lawyer, Elias Ellingworth, found standing over the bleeding body, clutching a knife. Yet despite the damning evidence, Seeker is not convinced of Ellingworth's guilt. He will stop at nothing to bring the killer to justice: and Seeker knows better than any man where to search.

It is 1925 and India’s struggle for independence is in disarray, impeded by factionalism among its leaders and rising incidents of unrest across the country. Meanwhile, having withdrawn himself from active politics, Mahatma Gandhi is in an ashram immersed in what he considers the most important undertaking of his life—the creation of a community that is wholly dedicated to the highest standards of self-discipline, tolerance, and austerity. Into this world comes a young British woman named Madeline, the daughter of a British admiral. Madeline has set her heart on becoming Gandhi’s greatest disciple. Madeline’s wish to serve him soon becomes an all-consuming desire to be near him at all times. Because her adoration of the great teacher is in direct conflict with his exacting moral and spiritual codes, Gandhi struggles with wanting to distance himself from her, yet wanting not to let go of her love and friendship. Using words preserved in their letters and diaries, and drawing on the reminiscences of others, the author has created a compelling fictional narrative based on the extraordinary friendship that lasted over two decades between these two people. To learn more about the author, Sudhir Kakar, go to www.sudhirkakar.com.

A woman in the audience once handed Elvis a crown saying, “You’re the King.” “No, honey,” Elvis replied. “There is only one king — Jesus Christ. I’m just a singer.” Gary Tillery presents a coherent view of Elvis’s thoughts through such anecdotes and other recorded facts. We learn, for instance, that Elvis read thousands of books on religion; that his crisis over making bimbo movies like Girl Happy led him to writers such as Gurdjieff, Krishnamurti, and Helena Blavatsky; and that, while driving in Arizona, an epiphany he had inspired him to learn Hindu practice. Elvis came to believe that the Christ shines in everyone and that God wanted him to use his light to uplift people. And so he did. Elvis’s excesses were as legendary as his generosity, yet, despite his lethal reliance on drugs, he remained ever spiritually curious. When he died, he was reading A Scientific Search for the Face of Jesus. This intimate, objective portrait inspires new admiration for the flawed but exceptional man who said, “All I want is to know and experience God. I’m a searcher, that’s what I’m all about.”

In 1977, Elizabeth Lesser cofounded the Omega Institute, now America's largest adult-education center focusing on wellness and spirituality. Working with many of the eminent thinkers of our times, including Zen masters, rabbis, Christian monks, psychologists, scientists, and an array of noted American figures--from L.A. Lakers coach Phil Jackson to author Maya Angelou--Lesser found that by combining a variety of religious, psychological, and healing traditions, each of us has the unique ability to satisfy our spiritual hunger. In The Seeker's Guid, she synthesizes the lessons learned from an immersion into the world's wisdom traditions and intertwines them with illuminating stories from her daily life. Recounting her own trials and errors and offering meditative exercises, she shows the reader how to create a personal practice, gauge one's progress, and choose effective spiritual teachers and habits. Warm, accessible, and wise, this book provides directions through the four landscapes of the spiritual journey: THE MIND: learning meditation to ease stress and anxiety THE HEART: dealing with grief, loss, and pain; opening the heart and becoming fully alive THE BODY: returning the body to the spiritual fold to heal and overcome the fear of aging and death THE SOUL: experiencing daily life as an adventure of meaning and mystery

With the grittiness and mystery of Veronica Mars and the magic and romance of Once Upon A Time, The Seeker’s Shadow is a captivating urban fantasy mystery readers are sure to be enchanted by! This fairytale retelling is packed with mystery, adventure, and forbidden romance with characters from favorite fairytales! Alice has always felt like an outsider in Wonderland...and with the resurgence of an old cold case involving her best friend, she begins to find out why. Determined to unearth the real culprit and deliver justice, Alice embarks on a perilous quest, finding herself reluctantly drawn into the treacherous realm of the Fae. Teaming up with the charismatic yet unpredictable Fae prince, Rumpelstiltskin, she must navigate a world where trust is scarce and betrayal lurks around every corner. As if her pursuit of truth wasn't challenging enough, Alice finds herself entangled in another mystery. An acquaintance seeks her help to unravel a dark secret, a crime that hits too close to home. Sympathy compels her to take on the case, but with her non-magical status attracting unwanted attention, Alice treads carefully, knowing that her actions could have far-reaching consequences. In a race against time, Alice must balance her desire for answers with the dangers that surround her. With every step closer to the truth, Wonderland's shadows grow darker, and the line between friend and foe becomes blurred. Can Alice expose the secrets that bind her town and find redemption, or will she become lost in a world where magic and danger intertwine? With the magic of Once Upon a Time and the mystery of Veronica Mars, The Seeker's Shadow is a captivating contemporary romantic fantasy, weaving together elements of mystery, magic, and fairytale retellings.