The comic strip Stone Soup has been endearing itself to millions of newspaper and online readers for more than ten years. Stone Soup follows the not-so-perfect lives of an extended, blended family. In Book Five the Stones have expanded into two households living just across the fence from one another. Readers will find some of their favorite episodes including: Joan and Wally adjust to married life and a blended family Val organizes her famous Book Club with women from other comic strips Gramma learns to paint... nudes. Stone Soup is unabashed, hilarious and addictive. Enjoy!

Real, Raw, Honest, Unfiltered Essays on Motherhood Social media has made us feel like we must do all the things and do them perfectly. Be the perfect mom, post the perfect pictures, and have perfect, well-behaved children. But what if you're not perfect? When everyone else is putting their best face forward, I decided to write about the hidden side of motherhood. The uncomfortable parts I'm not proud to share. As a mom for the last twenty-one years, I have felt utterly alone at times. I wrote the book that I needed when I felt like I was drowning in failure. Mistakes don't make you a bad mom, they make you a real mom. I wrote this book for every mom who has ever felt like she failed her children. For every mom who has ever made a mistake. For every mom who has ever felt the isolating loneliness of motherhood, even when surrounded by tiny humans. For every mom scrolling through her social media feed thinking she is the only one who's not so perfect. For every mom everywhere, no matter how you choose to parent. This book will take you on an emotional rollercoaster, from very heavy topics to light and funny. Hang on tight, because you are in for a ride.

We say the camera doesn't lie, but we also know that pictures distort and deceive. In Picture Perfect, Kiku Adatto brilliantly examines the use and abuse of images today. Ranging from family albums to Facebook, political campaigns to popular movies, images of war to pictures of protest. Adatto reveals how the line between the person and the pose, the real and the fake, news and entertainment is increasingly blurred. New technologies make it easier than ever to capture, manipulate, and spread images. But even in the age of the Internet, we still seek authentic pictures and believe in the camera's promise to document, witness, and interpret our lives.

Join USA Today Bestselling Author Chris Keniston for a delightful cozy romance filled with holiday cheer. In this return to Hart Land we find that Lucy the matchmaking housekeeper is still up to her old tricks. Only this time, a shoe chewing mutt and a magical winter wonderland may be the only things needed for a picture perfect match! A far cry from her normal fashion shoots in Europe, photographer Kelly Chambers has been handed a last minute assignment; capture the magic of Christmas in Small Town USA. Too bad she stopped believing in magic a long time ago. Still singed from a nasty divorce, Glenn Peterson agrees to spend the holidays with his brother's new family. Now all he has to do is convince everyone he doesn't need a wife and family of his own. Or does he? Fans of heartwarming romantic fiction, women's fiction, Pamela Kelley, Robyn Carr VIrgin River, small town romance, feel -good reads, wholesome stories, falling in love stories, family sagas, RaeAnne Thayne, Kay Correll, Leanne Morgan, christmas romance, and happily ever after will enjoy this Chris Keniston series!

This is Susan Mauro's story; a tale of deceit that began after the homicide of a teenage witness under her protection. It is about her struggle to forget the terrible events that led to divorce and her efforts to keep her ex-husband out of her new life...and how she failed to accomplish either of these things because of the unexpected and fatal interference of one individual. The story opens as Susan prepares to sever the last tie to Scott and the past they shared. Suddenly people are murdered. The victims have one thing in common - Susan, an undercover policewoman who witnesses claim is responsible. In a heartbeat she's trapped on the ride of her life — a roller coaster out of control - accused of murder and the pawn in a demented game. After years of building walls to protect her privacy, she becomes the focus of everyone's attention - a vengeful motorcycle gang, her friends and fellow officers. Desperate to save herself, Susan flees to Montescaglioso and the safety of the family fortress in the hills of Italy only to be drawn back to America by another family legacy that changed her life in ways that no one would have expected.

The quest for perfection can be a crushing burden. When life doesn't line up, it's easy to be angry, anxious, or even paralyzed. Amy Baker uncovers the pitfalls of perfectionism and examines the root and purpose of the longing for perfection to show how God's grace transforms this burdensome quest into a joyful walk of faith.

Marriage isn’t always what it seems to be from the outside looking in. Many people see the glitz and glamour of a wedding ceremony and think this beautiful day is equivalent to the happiness that is shared between the bride and groom. Enter the world of Nina, who thought that she met the love of her life but was only betrayed after it was all said and done. The pain that came with her marriage should have died when it ended, but unfortunately, it only carried on. Will Nina be able to let go of her past to create a better future Or will the pain and turmoil from her first marriage consume her future relationship?