Having won and lost the woman he has loved since seeing her do a naked cartwheel in 1916, Finus Bates wonders if the colorful characters from their hometown hold the secrets to her elusive character.

After she finds a body in her brand-new birding shop, a North Carolina woman must train her binoculars on a killer . . . For Amy Simms, hatching a birding shop in her hometown of Ruby Lake, North Carolina, hasn’t exactly been a breeze. But could a deadly discovery clip her wings for good? It’s just days before Amy plans to open Birds & Bees on the first floor of her creaky Victorian house, but delayed seed shipments have prevented the fledging owner from stocking her shelves. And it doesn’t help that Amy’s best friend and business partner is out of town indefinitely. With locals skeptical about the niche shop taking flight, the last thing Amy needs now is a dead man in her storeroom—or for a crotchety tenant to catch her holding a bloody birdfeeder hook over his body . . . Pigeonholed as a leading murder suspect by police and lacking a solid alibi, Amy’s delving into the victim’s ugly past and buzzing around Ruby Lake for clues on his killer . . . before she ends up like so many of her beloved feathery friends—trapped behind bars!

"When ten-year-old Birdie's dad is sent back to Iraq, she makes a deal with God to bring him home safely, while dealing with a new school where she finds it hard to make friends especially when she could use one"--

Rebellion in Heaven? That great deceiver, Lucifer, is at it again! Placing agents in a garden area just outside of Heaven, Satan targets newly arriving Christians who have little faith. These demons attempt to enlist these impressionable souls to join Satan's forces. Demonic intrigue takes place in the garden and on earth, where angels confront the devil's forces. One weak arrival at the Heavenly gate is Ernest G. Plover, who dreads meeting Jesus because he did not live for Him while on earth. When he arrives in the garden, Ernest avoids the gates of heaven, preferring, instead, to withdraw from the crowd and disappear for awhile. This causes the angelsresponsible for all Heavenlyadmissions to have an angelic meltdown as they try to find out what happened to this missing soul. Jesus himself chooses to seek out the fearful Ernest. A great battle between Lucifer's demons and God's warrior angels takes place that threatens the very foundation of Heaven. Through this story you will experience adventure, intrigue, humor and a few tears. Imagination isrequired as we explore what Heaven may be like. We will marvel at Heaven's organization, peek into God's throne room, and witness the encounter between angels and evil demons. This book would be a great read for young Christians!

How can you let someone love you if everyone you've ever known has left you broken and hurt? Birdie, Give Me Your Heart is the true story of a little girl born into a dark and scary world. Surrounded by adults who never understood her heart, she tried to survive as best she could the abandonment and abuse she suffered. Traumatized by fear, this little girl grew up disassociating from the pain and heartbreak inherent in her life. Believing God was sadistic, yet hoping that He really existed, she continued her search for His presence in her life. Leading her on this search were angels, those people who touched Birdie's life with love and truth. Birdie, Give Me Your Heart is the transforming story of hope and healing. Follow Roberta Parry as she leads you through her life, sharing her path from abandonment, abuse, and emotional damage to freedom. You won't want to put this book down, except to wipe away your tears.

THE STORY: A crack legal secretary working for an attorney specializing in divorce cases, Helen is happy in her job until a personable young man appears and offers her the chance to go to Paris as his assistant. Unfortunately the salary is small an

Creatures of the living and the dead gather in a volume of over 70,000 words to stalk their prey…humans. 20 stories set the scene for a cast ranging from the Grim Reaper, shambling zombies and restless spirits, to unimaginable monsters that only inhabit the shapeless darkness and the author’s imagination. Join them as they wreak havoc on their unsuspecting victims and celebrate with a victory dance on hollowed bones! New and previous published material can be found in Creatures and Crypts, including the second place winner of the New Bedlam short story contest—Unknowable. Table of Contents Scritch, Scritch Special Delivery Drifter Lord Humphrey's Daughter Man's First Child The Tie That Binds The Disembodied In the Shadow of the Lilies Between Mother and Daughter 3:15 Warning Signs A Rage of Angels Dead Man Watching Delirium A Woman Scorned The Reaper's Game It's the Zombie Apocalypse and all I Got was this Lousy T-shirt The Green Scarf A Voice in the Night Unknowable