Nancy Howard’s story combines love, betrayal, conspiracy, suffering, and survival with a cast of improbable characters: a respected church-going husband and his mistress, a group of unsavory criminals, and a millionaire businessman. The story opens with Nancy’s returning home from a church function on a Saturday night in 2012, and pulling into her garage. As she walks toward the door to her house, she suddenly faces an attacker who demands her purse and then shoots her in the head. Investigation of the shooting first reveals that Nancy’s husband, Frank, has been having a three-year affair. A few days later, detectives uncover links between her CPA husband and an unsavory criminal in East Texas, Billie Earl Johnson. The story becomes increasingly bizarre as evidence surfaces of a murder-for-hire conspiracy between Billie and Frank, known to Billie only by his first name, John.

As seen on Discovery's Murder is Forever TV series: In these two true crime thrillers, a reluctant hitman and a cheating husband fight for their lives . . . and a single mother exacts her revenge. In Murder, Interrupted (with Alex Abramovich), rich, cheating financier Frank Howard wants his wife dead, and he's willing to pay Billie Earl Johnson whatever it takes: $750,000, to be exact. When his bullet misses the mark, Billie Earl and Frank will turn on each other in a fight for their lives . . . Mother of All Murders (with Christopher Charles) is the story of local celebrity Dee Dee Blancharde. Television reports praise her as a single mother who tirelessly cares for her wheelchair-bound, chronically ill daughter. But when the teenaged Gypsy Rose realizes she isn't actually sick and Dee Dee has lied all these years, Gypsy Rose exacts her revenge . . .

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The Howards were a typical American family. Frank was a hardworking man, and Nancy loved and admired those qualities. But Frank’s work and the kids’ trips home for the holidays meant less time alone for them. #2 Nancy nagged her husband, Frank, about the smallest details, but didn't understand the big picture. She couldn't see how hard Frank had worked for their family. #3 The Howards were very generous with their money, and the minister of their church thanked them for their donation. He told them that it wouldn’t be right not to share their good fortune with others. #4 On Christmas Eve, the Howard family gathered to celebrate the engagement of Jay’s daughter, Brianna. Nancy understood how hard Frank had been working and apologized for wanting to spend the holiday with him when he wanted to spend it with the family.

At midday on May 4, 1970, after three days of protests, several thousand students and the Ohio National Guard faced off at opposite ends of the grassy campus Commons at Kent State University. At noon, the Guard moved out. Twenty-four minutes later, Guardsmen launched a 13-second, 67-shot barrage that left four students dead and nine wounded, one paralyzed for life. The story doesn't end there, though. A horror of far greater proportions was narrowly averted minutes later when the Guard and students reassembled on the Commons. The Kent State shootings were both unavoidable and preventable: unavoidable in that all the discordant forces of a turbulent decade flowed together on May 4, 1970, on one Ohio campus; preventable in that every party to the tragedy made the wrong choices at the wrong time in the wrong place. Using the university's recently available oral-history collection supplemented by extensive new interviewing, Means tells the story of this iconic American moment through the eyes and memories of those who were there, and skillfully situates it in the context of a tumultuous era.

Ron Howard: From Mayberry to the Moon... and Beyond, the first full-length biography of Ron Howard, takes an in-depth look at the Oklahoma boy who gained national fame as a child star, then grew up to be one of Hollywood's most admired directors. Although many show biz kids founder as they approach adulthood, Ron Howard had the advantage of brains, common sense, and two down-to-earth parents who kept him from having an inflated view of his own accomplishments. He also had a longstanding goal: to trade the glare of the spotlight for a quieter but equally creative life behind the camera. This biography tracks his career from 1960, when he debuted as six-year-old Opie Taylor on The Andy Griffith Show through 2002, when he accepted his Academy Award® as Best Director for A Beautiful Mind. Author Beverly Gray, an entertainment industry veteran, has spoken to teachers, friends, and professional colleagues from all phases of Howard's career. She has also combed the archives to gain further insight into this very private man whose accomplishments have brought pleasure to so many.

Evil has a dark plan for the little town of Mystic Cove, although a beautiful place in the light of day, but under the cover of night, evil runs open and free. The tale called FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT will take you on a journey through love lost, grief, drug abuse, gruesome murder, the underworld, and adultery. Join Clair Marple, Warrior of God, as she and her band of prayer warriors take you on a roller-coaster ride of life and death that will shake the very pillars of your faith.

"By the Good Sainte Anne: A Story of Modern Quebec" by Anna Chapin Ray is a story of the love affairs of vivacious Nancy Howard, in Quebec at the turn of the century. The book is considered an early version of women's liberation literature. Following its heroine, as she navigates through life, love, and society's standards, the book has helped women feel as though there's hope for them to gain control of their lives for years since its original release.