Gangsters, Godfathers, hit men and dons. A trillion dollar mafia company business, where a man's code of honor and his word are everything. Come step inside and learn the secret of the murder of East Coast mafia kingpin, Zing Rizzotto, and why the mob is searching for a black man. Patrick White is given a special necklace and ring from a very powerful man. What does the ring mean, and why is he protected? Eventually, he becomes NICKEY TONY VALENTINE, one of Hollywood's richest and most famous international stars.

Nicky the cat delivers valentines to several lucky recipients hidden under flaps.

Armed with a bottle of Milk Thistle and unshakeable optimism, Nick Valentine has spent most of his adult life in fifth gear, betting on a Royal Flush while covertly holding a pair of deuces. This is his story, the odyssey of a suburban bloke who has blagged, lucked and laughed his way into just about every party, club, stage and hot-tub imaginable. Following his first brush with celebrity at an impressionable age, and spending his teens and twenties as, amongst other things, a journalist, publicist, club promoter, musician and DJ, Nick eventually banked in the shallows of party central. He spent 15 years as a social editor on London’s celebrity canapé circuit, while co-founding the Entertainment News press agency. An enterprising period acting as a social PR to the super-rich led to him co-founding three London nightclubs in quick succession, including the much lauded Cuckoo Club. With the West End as his nocturnal playground, he then bid sleep a final fond farewell. Nick professes to have attended well over 5,000 parties in his time, drunk enough champagne to test the Thames barrier and occasionally made it home in time for Countdown. 'I'm a night person,' he says. 'The trouble is I'm a morning and afternoon person as well.' This account is a surprisingly touching, light-hearted look at the daily mechanics of enjoying life to the max and then some.

Cassie Wilkerson hasn’t visited quaint Honey Springs since she was 16 and local boy Nick Porter broke her heart on Valentine’s Day. But when her aunt passes away and leaves Cassie her honey bee farm, she reluctantly returns to the small town, all the while planning to get back to her high-powered NYC life as an advertising executive as soon as possible. Her career plan definitely does not include managing 300,000 insects. Then she discovers Nick is now the farm’s foreman, and he’s been creating amazing honey-based skin care products for the locals. It’s just the thing her biggest client has been looking to bring to market, but Nick’s not interested in selling. As they work together on the farm, old feelings rekindle, and soon another Valentine’s Day approaches. This time, Cassie’s falling for the whole charming town – breaking her no-sugar diet at the local diner, organizing a heart-health festival for the holiday, and even extracting her own honey from the hives. Soon, she faces a tough decision: go back to her high-powered big-city career or see just how sweet life can be in Honey Springs. First published as Her Purrfect Match

Arriving in the Scottish highlands, Martin and Sue decide to escape their luxury hotel, heading out for a night of back-to-basics living in an abandoned shack. When a storm strikes, they find themselves stranded in the simple hut, miles from anywhere and completely isolated. As gentle bickering leads to violent arguments, Sue starts to sense they are not truly alone - especially when a deep, dark presence seems to takes hold of the pair. With no way to escape, Sue and Martin must try to hold on to their sanity as the shelter quickly becomes a prison - and their thoughts begin to turn murderous...

Amidst the neon and the big special ugly of Las Vegas, mild-mannered Frank Fontaine is beating the brains out of the Acropolis Casino. The house cops think the dealer, a blonde named Nola, is part of the con, but no one can prove a thing. For Tony Valentine, it’s the first new scam he’s seen in decades—and maybe the best. Three things Tony knows: The blonde is guilty, the grifter has lived a former life, and the biggest scam is the one that hasn’t happened yet. In a dream world of fake Greek statues, statuesque hostesses, and a casino owner whose sex life might just burn down his own house, Tony Valentine is plying his special trade. While some people have a sixth sense, Tony has a grift sense—and he needs it now to separate a grifter from a scam that’s worse than anyone’s wildest dreams. . . .

Yet another creative book in the popular Daily Discoveries series! Special days for your students to celebrate in the classroom include: Robinson Crusoe Day, Singing Telegram Day, Magazine Day, Telephone Book Day, Levi Strauss' Birthday, Pizza Pizzazz Day and many more in addition to the familiar ones such as Groundhog Day, Lincoln's Birthday and Valentine’s Day. The creative activities can be plugged into your regular curriculum: language arts, social studies, writing, math, science and health, music and drama, physical fitness, art, etc. Your class will look forward to every day of the month when you give them a day to celebrate! Also included are reproducible patterns for writing assignments and art projects as well as lists of correlated books and bulletin board ideas.