Detective Jolene Preston has the right to expect backup from her partner, but the sexist attitude from the rest of the force is something the narcotic squad's lone woman fights on her own. Until she discovers a thirty-year cover-up, exposing her Cherokee heritage--and a prejudice she can't take on alone.
Being an instant mother was hard enough. But Abby Drake had never planned to live in a town so small it didn't even appear on the map. She'd never expected to live in hiding, either, or to tell so many lies. But she'd do anything to keep her niece and nephew safe. Even if that meant pretending to be married—and losing her own chance at love. Kurt Morgan thought being a single father with a nine-year-old son was tough. He didn't need any more complications. Like falling in love with the woman he knew as Abby Harris. Mrs. Abby Harris. A woman who told a lot of lies. A woman with something to hide.…
Christmas in Colorado The men in Marti Johanssen's life seem determined to ruin her Christmas. Her teenage son wants to move in with his dad; her father wants her to reconcile with her ex so the Colorado family ranch will be in "capable" hands. And for some reason, Gil, her ex-husband, is being more attentive than he ever was during their marriage. Fortunately Rick Dennehy, the attractive widower next door, seems quite happy not to be involved in Marti's life. He's made it perfectly clear that he's back in Colorado only for as long as it takes to sell his property. Too bad. Marti's beginning to wish she had a man like Rick under her Christmas tree.
Days before Christmas of '64, Olive Lewis was found sprawled on her living room floor, dead from a bullet to the back of her head. Her entire Arkansas town suspected one man of pulling the trigger: Cecil, her husband. But high-ranking officials, including Olive's own brother, a powerful attorney with plenty of pull, ruled her death a suicide. Sherry Lewis, twenty-two-year-old daughter of Olive and Cecil, knew this was no suicide. She embarked on a quest to uncover the truth and prove authorities wrong. Wading through lies, threats, and cover-ups, Sherry painstakingly unraveled the mystery on her unstoppable search that spanned several states, two continents, and twenty-eight years. With the last surprise piece of the puzzle finally in place, Sherry had her answer to the burning question, Is It Still Murder? Based on the author's true-life account, this page-turner is part murder mystery, part analysis of the often tragic consequences of abuse. A must-read for every survivor and a must-have resource for therapists: social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists, and family and school counselors.
What have you resolved to do this year? What Sharon Lawrence's two daughters are determined to do is find a man for their mother. They even share their plans with Gabe Malone—part owner of the company Sharon has hired to renovate her house. Before long, Sharon is "accidentally" meeting one inappropriate man after another. At first, Gabe is amused by the girls' schemes. But now that he's getting to know Sharon, he hates the idea of all these dates. He's beginning to think he may be the only single man in the neighborhood who's not part of the man plan. And he's beginning to wish his name were on the list.
Behind every code of silence... Detective Jolene Preston has the right to expect backup from her partner, but the sexist attitude from the rest of the force is something the narcotic squad' s lone woman fights on her own. Until she discovers a thirty-year cover-up, exposing her Cherokee heritage–and a prejudice she can' t take on alone.
Once upon a time, a young woman named Siddah King arrived in Libby, Montana. There she met a wonderful man who became a good father to her son. Then the man died.
When his son is accused of killing the new boyfriend of his ex-wife, 73-year-old Fred, a lifelong resident of Cutler, turns to the one source that he knows will eventually reveal the truth--the small-town gossip mill. From the author of No Place For Secrets.
Almost three decades later, following the demise of her strongest contender, her second exhumation petition was granted, and Truth was discovered: more eloquently than any courtroom could have rendered. All in a small, Southern town.
After 73 years, Fred Vickery figures he knows a few things about life--and death. Especially when he's trying to solve murders in his hometown of Cutler, Colorado. This time, it's a personal matter. Fred's niece has been accused of killing her husband, He's determined to find out the truth--even though everyone in town seems just as determined to stop him.
Fred knew that attending his high school reunion was a mistake as soon as he met up with his hated boyhood rival, LeGrande Macafee.But before the reunion is over, LeGrande is dead, and Fred suddenly finds himself elected most likely not to solve a murder -- but to commit one...
Seventy-three-year-old Fred Vickery never listened to advice, and he's not about to start now. He's the only person in Cutler, Colorado, who doesn't believe that Joan Cavanaugh committed suicide. So against the wishes of his overly concerned daughter and the sheriff, Fred embarks on a new career as a sleuth. This is the first novel in the Main Street Mystery series.
When the disreputable boyfriend of his doctor's daughter dies of an insulin overdose, septuagenarian sleuth Fred Vickery is distraught to see the doctor charged with murder, but his attempts to help only serve to further convict his friend. Original.
Back in her hometown of Virginia City, Montana, Courtney Moss goes through her grandmother's attic and slips into an antique gown--and slips out of the modern world. She ends up in the Virginia City of the 1864 Gold Rush and finds herself in the arms of a handsome stranger. Original.
Detective Lucy Montalvo enjoys her challenging job in the juvenile division of the Missing Persons department at the Houston Police Department. Due to estranged family, she struggles with feeling along until she meets Jackson Davis, the uncle of a missing girl.
This study examines the relation between the aesthetic convictions and political opinions of the Anglo-American modernists, focusing on the collaboration between Pound and Lewis. It attempts to account for their parallel movements towards the parties of European fascism.
Sharp, inspiring, ageless Bud Lewis, lives large, fully, and actively with an ever-expanding group of friends of all ages. His influence is deep and broad throughout his hometown and beyond. His stories tell of the choices he has made that have molded him into a person others look to for wisdom, guidance and love of life. Among those stories are: His WWII years serving in the South Pacific with the 41st Infantry Division; Walking Portland's streets as a beat cop; Guiding the Portland Police Bureau's Sunshine Division; Teaching countless teenagers to drive; Serving as the sole security officer for the Portland wrestling matches; Winning, over athletes of all ages, an annual decathlon competition at ages 69 through 74, and competing again at age 96; Helping prompt the return of WWII Japanese flags; And more.
Ezra Pound and Wyndham Lewis developed a highly experimental art; they were attracted simultaneously to political programs remarkably backward in outlook--the autocracies of Fascist Italy and Germany. That paradox, central to the problematic achievement of Anglo-American modernism, is freshly addressed in this study. Here Sherry examines the influence of music and painting on literature, presents original research on European intellectual history, and proposes a new understanding of ideology as a force in the literary imagination. Following the example of continental ideologues, the English modernists use the material of aesthetic experience to prove truths of human nature, making art the basis for social values and recommendations. This sensibility enriches their work, shaping the varied textures of Pound's Cantos and the complex designs of Lewis's painting and fiction, but their mastery of avant-garde techniques endorses the authority of an antique state. Sherry returns their "totalitarian synthesis" of art and politics to its originating moment, following its trajectory from 1910 to the eve of World War II.
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