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1000 tulosta hakusanalla Kay Dew Shostak
Aren't detours supposed to have big warning signs? So why do life's detours come out of the blue and hit so hard? It's been a year since they opened the Bed & Breakfast for Railfans in the small town of Chancey and the Jessups feel as if they've always lived in the Georgia Mountains. After a hard summer, Carolina is looking forward to the cooler temperatures of autumn and the routine of the school year. However... Unplanned detours mean more family in town, families pulling apart at the seams, and just plain ol' heartache. Unplanned detours mean moonshine, chocolate pie, and blue gingham on the town square. Unplanned detours mean sleepless nights, sweet surprises, and hesitant hope.Unplanned detours mean, well, they mean life. This is the sixth book in this popular Southern Fiction series.
Christmas Novella set in the popular fictional town of Chancey, Georgia. Whether this is your first trip to Chancey, or you're an old friend - Welcome Missus has called an emergency meeting and this is one meeting you don't want to miss. Christmas is just around the corner and there's a crisis And you never want to miss a meeting in a small town because you just might end up in charge of the Christmas Parade. Memories surface, tempers flare, and new suggestions get shot down because it's never been done that way before. This novella is a perfect way to sip a cup of hot cocoa and take a quick trip to a small Southern town for the holidays.
Could there be a better setting for a movie than Chancey, Georgia?October arrives with Carolina holding way too many secrets...or you could say NOT holding them exactly. The town has barely gotten over the loss of their patriarch F.M. when one of the most stable marriages around is on the rocks, maybe completely over the cliff. Then the movie people hit town, and they don't seem to be helping.Also, Missus is sneaking around when most feel she should still be grieving. She couldn't already have a boyfriend--could she? Too many secrets. Too many questions.Sounds like one of those made-for-TV movies, doesn't it?
Pretty paper and bows make promises the gift inside rarely keeps.December comes to Chancey with promises of new birth, new love, new opportunities all tied up with shiny bows. Christmas is making a comeback in Chancey with Missus Blue ribbons tied on everything that stands still. Newcomers to town gussy up the gazebo complete with magnolia leaves, tiny lights and even a chandelier. Remembering the Christmas of 1945, the Chancey Parlor and Depot is opened with solemnity, white roses, and a renewed feud. Then the first annual Christmas parade marches through the streets, complete with TWO mayoral candidate floats. Carolina finds herself busier than ever in Blooming Books with Bonnie following new dreams and Shannon nursing a broken heart--somewhere. While back home at the B&B, surprise guests make that not such a good place to be either. Not to mention Jackson suddenly working from home and Savannah acting like her mom's best friend?Maybe that's why they wrap presents up so nice. You don't know you don't want it until you can't give it back.
False crawl? Nesting season? Turtle monitors?Jewel Mantelle is just getting used to the humidity in her new Southern home on Sophia Island when turtle season opens way too early. At least it's too early according to her friends who volunteer with the Turtle Trackers. Have they really found a sea turtle nest, surrounded by garbage, on a stormy April morning?It doesn't seem likely when a body is discovered, buried where the eggs should be.Jewel has too much on her plate to worry about a false turtle nest. She's trying to clean up the old house her disinterested, on-the-road husband inherited in Sophia Beach's historic downtown. But when the body is found to have close ties to one of Jewel's new friends, her lunch bunch goes to work trying to solve the murder. Between college kids partying on the beach, a senator's illegitimate child, a lost sketch pad, and warring turtle factions hindering the investigation, it's a miracle Jewel even has time to try biscuits and gravy.But she finally did... and she's a fan.The Sea Turtle Did It is a clean and cozy beach mystery set in a historic small town. It'll keep you turning pages well after bedtime and slathering on more sunscreen to get a few more poolside pages in.
It's a new year in Chancey, and hope abounds. Carolina hopes her daughter, Savannah, will figure out what she's doing after graduation, hopes her husband, Jackson, working from home won't drive her crazy, and hopes being a grandma to her son Will's new baby will be as fun as everyone says. Her hopes for the rest of the small town, however, are less than optimistic. Is Shannon pregnant? Is Peter the father? If he is, what will that mean for his engagement to Delaney? Speaking of engagements, is former wallflower Susan serious about marrying movie star Silas? And then there's the special election to worry about.Missus and Laney both hope they'll be elected mayor. Don't say you heard it here, but most of Chancey hopes someone else runs...
Tenth book in this popular Southern Fiction series set in the small North Georgia town of Chancey. Spring is in the Chancey air-almost. Spring means planning. Planning for gardens, weddings, babies, and spring break. But first comes the North Georgia book festival with a surprise author, who is celebrated by everyone. Well, everyone that hasn't read her books. Carolina is busy with the book festival but she can't help notice so many of the lives around her are veering off course. She's sure she knows how they can all be happy, but they don't seem to want her help. If only she could move them around the board like the pieces on the new chess board in Blooming Books. Savannah, like her mom, is having trouble getting all the pieces to her elaborate spring break plans to stay in place. While Missus finds being Mayor doesn't mean everyone sticks to her plan, even if she puts it in a proclamation.They're all wondering if Laney might have the best idea. "Sometimes the only way to win is to flip the board in the air and stomp off."
Book 6 in Southern Beach Cozy Mystery Sure, folks may say having your house on the Christmas Home Tour is murder. But until now . . . did they really mean it?Sophia Island is decked out for the season. White lights line the Centre Street buildings and every branch of the massive live oaks. Crowds prepare to descend on the small Florida island to see four historic houses decked out for the annual Christmas Home Tour. Jewel Mantelle lives in one of those four homes, and it's her first Christmas on Sophia Island. Everyone says getting ready for the tour has been especially difficult this year. There's a newcomer at the helm of the steering committee who's making life for the selected homeowners miserable. When a flock of flamingo lawn ornaments shows up on Jewel and Craig's lawn the morning of the tour, everyone is surprised. The flamingos are tacky. They're plastic. They definitely don't match the authentic historic Christmas aesthetic of the tour.But most surprising? One of the flamingos, complete with Santa hat, is sitting on the chest of a dead person.In this gripping installment of the Southern Beach Mystery series, join Jewel and her friends as they track down clues, face harrowing danger, and band with allies old and new to find out whodunit in time for the holidays.
Seventh book in the Southern Beach Cozy Mysteries series set on Amelia Island, Florida. Empty nests friends and sleuths.A long-hidden discovery in the tangles of Jewel and Craig Mantelle's backyard reveals more family history than the Sophia Island Museum has in all its files. As the mystery unravels, Craig must confront the sordid past no one imagined in his family. Can he show his face on the island, knowing all this? Jewel and her lunch bunch are recovering from the holidays when a woman invited to their lunches realizes her husband is missing. He's soon found dead, but everyone says it was just a sad accident. The clues suggest otherwise to Jewel, or does she now see murder everywhere? Clues or no clues, Detective Johnson declares the case is closed. After all, he's got love on the brain.Jewel tries to distract herself from the closed case by focusing on her friend Annie's commitment issues and her friend Lucy's caregiving ones. Surely there can't be another crime in this sleepy, seaside community, especially not with Valentine's Day coming up? But on Sophia Island, you never can tell. The season of love might get steamy . . . or it might be downright dangerous.
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Collins Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds features exciting fiction and non-fiction decodable readers to enthuse and inspire children. The 7+ books are designed for children aged 7+ who need more practice to acquire phonics skills. They have age-appropriate content, more mature images, and are fully aligned to Letters and Sounds Phases 3â??5.