Book 2 in the Elita Brown series.December normally brings joy to Elita Brown's heart with the coziness of winter and the anticipation of Christmas. But when Elita compares her life to others, her best friends seem to have it so much better. Margo hosts a fancy holiday dinner party; Joy discovers a hibernating bear on her family's property, and Stephen shares his love of football with Joy. Even her little sister Cally has a seemingly perfect life with a special role in The Nutcracker. Every day, Elita grows more and more jealous.To make matters worse, the principal of Siler Middle School insists on a school-wide speech competition. Can Elita get over her fear of public speaking? How can her jealous heart heal? And where is her mentor Mrs. Burgley when she needs her most of all?In The Disappearing Seat, Elita discovers the secret to savoring the good gifts all around her. Through the wisdom revealed in nature and a loving spiritual mentor, Elita...

From beloved inaugural Golden Bachelor Gerry Turner, an uplifting memoir about a fresh start after heartbreak and a peek behind the reality TV curtain.  When his high school sweetheart and wife of over forty years passed away unexpectedly, Gerry Turner’s life was indelibly changed. In that moment, his and Toni’s shared vision of living out their retirement together was shattered. In the wake of this profound loss, Gerry had to move forward—for himself, for his daughters, and for Toni. After years of grieving and uneven healing, Gerry finally felt ready to find the next woman he couldn’t live without—to help him take on new adventures and live out his golden years the way Toni would have wanted him to. When he applied to star in ABC’s The Golden Bachelor, he had no idea just how much his life was about to change. In Golden Years, Gerry chronicles his grief after Toni’s death, his...

"Life for Life." The words ring between us like a promise. Like a curse.When Rinus's former love interest hauls an otherworldly creature from the sea, their lives are irrevocably changed. All too soon they face the consequences of catching a seewiif: a rising sea and hungry, bloody vengeance. Rinus must choose between protecting himself or saving the man and village that he wishes accepted him. ​"The Curse of Seewiif Strand" is a queer, folk horror short set in the world of The Limnus Cycle, a trilogy of standalone novels that are a blend of gothic romance and folk horror, inspired by Frisian and Celtic folklore.

She's in charge of a pride of pig-headed fools. Some of those fools are fighting back.Impostor syndrome has had Alpha Macey Smithson in its powerful jaws ever since she defeated her lion shifter pride's previous alpha. Instead of making the pride a safer, more egalitarian place, Macey's triumph has worn thin.The clique of rich lionesses sneer and say their queen bee should be alpha. The misogynist male lions who have a pot farm outside of town are heavily armed and perpetually angry. Everyone else has doubts.Charity, the daughter of the previous alpha keeps turning up, blinking beautiful, sad eyes, sorry about the bad things her mother did. But she's the one who knows the inner working of the pride and maybe where the money is hidden.Macey can't tell if Charity's complicit in whatever her rivals are up to that has the FBI sniffing around. Nonetheless, she makes Macey think of forever.

NBA journalist Yaron Weitzman lays out the high stakes drama happening inside the Lakers' organization as they try to juggle the warring priorities between LeBron James and the Buss family.When LeBron James signed with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2018, it looked like a match made in heaven. Here was the preeminent athlete of his generation, fresh off ending Cleveland’s 50-year title drought and in need of a new challenge to help further burnish his legacy, joining forces with one of the most iconic teams in all of sports. And here were the Lakers, in the midst of their worst stretch in franchise history and reeling from the death of the legendary owner Dr. Jerry Buss, in need of a savior. The script wrote itself.A little over two years later, LeBron and Dr. Buss' daughter, Jeanie, were standing shoulder to shoulder, hoisting the NBA finals trophy into the air. Having won their record-tying 17th NBA title, the Lakers had reclaimed their accustomed perch on top of...