Meg Butler sets sail on the Grand Voyager on a luxury world cruise, eager to visit 30 countries before she's 30. But she hasn't planned on running into murder! The ship is hosting a Bingo tournament for the length of the cruise. Several passengers are competing for the grand prize which is rumored to be in six figures. Meg runs into a friendly older man who boasts of being a skilled player. He has developed a fool proof strategy that is guaranteed to win him big money. Meg is warmed by his affectionate manner toward her and feels he is the father figure she has always yearned for. Disaster strikes when Meg's pal drops dead in the middle of a Bingo game. Although the ship authorities declare his death an accident, Meg believes he was murdered. Unfortunately, she is ignored since the man's wife accepts what the security chief says and is ready to move on. But Meg will not give up so easily. Aided by friends old and new, she starts interviewing the suspects, trying hard to find a motive. Was it money, love or revenge? Or something more sinister? Meg risks her own life as she scours every corner of the ship to find the killer. Meanwhile, there are new ports to visit as the ship sails through the picturesque South Pacific. And Meg is nursing a big secret her friends know nothing about. Get ready to take an armchair cruise across the world on the Grand Voyager, with its resident amateur sleuth Meg Butler. If you like cruise mysteries with fearless heroines, high seas adventure, yummy food and a dash of romance, you will love this book.

A short guide about what is and how to play bingo, the game in United Kingdom, and its ,ajor variations. Since its invention in 1934, modern bingo has evolved into multiple variations, with each jurisdiction's gambling laws regulating how the game is played. There are also nearly unlimited patterns that may be specified for play. Some patterns only require one number to be matched, up to cover-all games which award the jackpot for covering an entire card and certain games award prizes to players for matching no numbers or achieving no pattern. Bingo is often used as an instructional tool in American primary schools and in teaching English as a foreign language in many countries. It became increasingly more popular across the UK with more purpose-built bingo halls. Keno is an important variation of bingo game, often played at modern casinos, and also offered as a game in some state lotteries. Scratchcard is another major variation. The scratchcard is a small token, usually made of cardboard, where one or more areas contain concealed information: they are covered by a substance (usually latex) that cannot be seen through, but can be scratched off.

Fixer Upper meets Sweet Home Alabama in this uplifting and heartwarming second chance romance. She’s coming home. He never left. When Isabel Marshall moved away from her hometown with hopes of making a name for herself in Los Angeles, she didn't mean to abandon her roots, but that’s what happened. Now, four years later and having amassed an interior design empire, Isabel must return to Mapleton to film a home renovation special for her TV show. While most of the village welcomes her with open arms, her family and the ex-boyfriend she left in her dust are another story. Daniel Smith couldn’t follow Isabel to California, no matter how badly he wanted to, because his grandfather needed him in Mapleton. Since she’s been gone, he’s moved on—or so he thought. But as they reconnect, Daniel can’t deny that though they’ve both changed, his feelings for Isabel haven’t. Unfortunately, a choice he made in her absence could ruin any chance of reconciliation. Together, Daniel and Isabel must determine whether the love they once shared has stood the test of time and distance. Can they navigate Isabel’s fame, their past decisions, and the growth they’ve undergone to build the future of their dreams? A delightfully sweet story about the importance of family, the beauty of forgiveness, and the magic of falling (or re-falling!) in love. Fans of... - Second chance romance - Charming, small towns - Sweet Home Alabama - HGTV home design shows ...will adore Good To Be Home. ♥ Each feel-good book in the Mapleton series is a clean and wholesome, standalone read, but the books are much more fun when enjoyed in order! Book club discussion guides are included at the end of each story. ♥

As the magazine of the Texas Exes, The Alcalde has united alumni and friends of The University of Texas at Austin for nearly 100 years. The Alcalde serves as an intellectual crossroads where UT's luminaries - artists, engineers, executives, musicians, attorneys, journalists, lawmakers, and professors among them - meet bimonthly to exchange ideas. Its pages also offer a place for Texas Exes to swap stories and share memories of Austin and their alma mater. The magazine's unique name is Spanish for "mayor" or "chief magistrate"; the nickname of the governor who signed UT into existence was "The Old Alcalde."

Liz McGuane has lived 18 of her 23 years under an assumed name after her parents were murdered and she was rescued by her Uncle Andrew, a CIA agent. Although living a sheltered life in Maine, over the years Drew has taught her survival tactics whenever he visited. He has always stressed the point that the killers may still be after Liz since a quirk of fate kept her from accompanying her parents in a rowboat that fateful day. One night Drew calls Liz to warn her away from the CIA and the lake where her parents died. During the conversation, Drew is fatally shot before he can explain further and Liz is forced to play a cat and mouse game with both the CIA and Soviet illegals. An undecipherable list of names and numbers comes to light after Drew's funeral and Liz is forced to run for her life, back to Woodcock Lake where it all began.