Melanie Jackson

After her abusive husband dies, Megan Culbin starts a new life in a quaint Scottish village where she, after garnering the ire of an ancient monster, finds protection in the arms of a handsome selkie warrior. (Paranormal romance). Original. 250,000 first printing.

The Selkie Bride

When forty thousand dollars is stolen from the till at the water park, lifeguard Clay Gibson must solve the mystery after his friend becomes a suspect in the theft.

Fast Slide

When Dinah Galloway takes a cross-country train to appear on a talent show, she realizes that someone is after a priceless treasure left by her late father, while her elderly piano teacher, who is also on the train, disappears.

Shadows on the Train

After destroying the man who threatened her people, a Scottish beauty awaits English retribution--and finds love. His kiss promises an end to the ghosts that have plagued her people and her heart.

Iona

Recent widow Jillian Marsh wasn?t planning on killing herself that March night, but she hadn?t ruled it out, either. It had rained for the last seventeen days?days in which her jaws were locked together and she was unable to speak, supposing there?d been anyone worth addressing. And then there was her cat problem. Ever since she?d been hit by lightning last October, the cats in town had been talking to her. Which meant she was insane, right? But that night something changed. The cat Atherton appeared with something very interesting to say, about an odd accident that had occurred up the hill. And since Jillian could hardly go to the town?s new lawman, who?d been trained in LA and was new to this Sierra town, with a feline eyewitness, it was up to her to find out if there was indeed trouble afoot?or if this conspiracy and her newfound and unwanted attraction to Sheriff Murphy were all part of an endless hallucination.

A Curious Affair

When track champion Joe "Mojo" Lumby gets caught up in a mystery involving a hidden treasure, he must deal with someone who will stop at nothing to find it, and thinks that Joe knows where it is.

The Big Dip

After being imprisoned in the North Pole for thousands of years, Kris Kringle--a misunderstood and powerful fey--seeks freedom from his goblin captors and someone to share his life with. Original.

The Saint

This book is a collection of two Jane Blackthorn historical mystery titles: Death in a High Place1921-- The War is over, alcohol is proscribed and women have the vote. Jane Blackthorn should be happy but the holidays are looming and the young widow has no desire to spend them with her matchmaking family. An invitation from an old college friends arrives to save her. The college ski club is having a reunion at a hunting lodge in Canada and Jane decides that some clean living in the great outdoors is just what she needs. But it is apparent from the moment of her arrival that something is very wrong at the Beauvert Ski Lodge and she is shocked to discover that one of her old classmates is dead in a suspicious accident. Trapped by a blizzard, they are at the mercy of a killer that no one else believes in and it is left to Jane to save the day.Death in a Low PlaceFire Nevada is a town barely clinging to life and it is there Jane Blackthorn goes to hide from her family as she waits for her wedding day. Her beloved Uncle Jack is distracted by troubles at the silver mine. He and his partner are being pressured to sell to an Arizona conglomerate and the mine is being plagued by accidents which the men blame of the tommyknockers. Jane doesn't believe that the accidents are supernatural in origin but can she and her college friend, Bea Childe, prove it before the situation turns fatal?Death in Taigh MhorMarry in haste and repent in leisure, or so the old saying goes. Jane is not unhappy in her own marriage but a friend from college, a young heiress, had stumbled into a dark relationship which could end up costing her life. Jane is summoned to Taigh Mhor by a desperate letter talking of malicious spirits and strange accidents. She arrives to find that the unpleasant situation has come to a sinister pass. All her wits will be needed to save her friend from the local evil that wants to see her dead.Christmas in a Cold PlaceJane Blackthorn is going her best to cope with a plum pudding thief who is vexing her first Christmas in merry olde England.

The Jane Blackthorn Historical Mysteries

GLITTERING DEATH... 1793: French revolutionaries lop off the beautiful, if rather vacant, head of Queen Marie Antoinette. They claim the Queen squandered France's treasury to buy a sumptuous diamond necklace. Fast forward to the present: Vancouver history buff Ailie Mooney, 14, inherits from her eccentric great-uncle a packet of Marie Antoinette's letters - and a clue to the whereabouts of the infamous necklace's central stone, a.k.a., the Midnight-Blue Marble. There's a multi-carat problem, though. Someone wants to fi gure out the clue before Ailie does. Using Marie Antoinette's letters, our determined, if perpetually disorganized, sleuth must hunt down the diamond before she becomes the next murder victim in its ever-bloody saga.

The Midnight Blue Marble

Zack Freedman has complete control and feels a sense of calm on the high wire. If only he could say the same about the rest of his life. His fellow youth circus performer and roommate, Cubby, hates him, and his aunt dumps a yappy, excitable dog on him. When a necklace is stolen during a circus performance and the victim of the theft threatens to shut down the circus, Zack is desperate to solve the mystery so he can keep his place on the wire.

High Wire

The last thing Chaz wants is to spend his summer working on his father’s Eye, a Ferris wheel with glass-bottomed gondolas set up to view scenic North Vancouver. For one thing, Chaz would prefer to pursue his own passion: dance in the style of the late, great Gene Kelly. More important, Chaz suffers from vertigo, and even the thought of the Eye makes him want to lose his lunch. But when a crowd of angry protestors and a mysterious vandal threaten his father’s dream, and the family’s livelihood, Chaz is forced to overcome his own fears to help out.

Eye Sore

Conor loves to climb. So when the crusty old manager of a thrill ride based on Edgar Allan Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum" challenges Conor to scale the ride in the dark of night and hide a package at the top, he foolishly accepts. But it isn't long before he realizes that he is now involved in something far more dangerous. What is in the package, and what does it have to do with Edgar Allan Poe? And why is the town bully so terrified of the old man? The more Conor learns, the deeper in trouble he gets.

Tick Tock Terror

In this high-interest novel for middle readers, Conor gets in over his head when he agrees to hide a mysterious package at the top of an amusement park ride.

Deserted, lonely, and disconnected from humanity... Attempting to hide from the binding chains of responsibility to her human facade, Jaden wanders the alleyways of Los Angeles, feeding on the city's homeless. Within these backstreets, she never expected to find her heart. Alexis, a homeless teen running from a painful past, captivates her. Love blossoms and passions ignite. However, nine centuries after she disappeared, Jaden's former lover and creator reemerges, bringing grave news. The assassination of an Immortal Council member forces Jaden to leave Alexis in L.A. to attend a summit in France. Here, she must fight temptation and lust as unknown assassins lurk in the shadows, waiting for an opportunity to strike.

Jaden's Heart

In her job at an association dedicated to stopping evil forces, Io must work with a sexy sorcerer to battle the Goblin King, but will she win that war...or lose her heart?

Traveler

Confronting a prowler in the backyard, Dinah is determined to find out why someone has taken an interest in her older sister and herself. Who is the buck-tooth burglar? Why are the Rinaldi's tomatoes always involved? And what is the connection between Madge's boyfriend and GASP, a group of well-intentioned anti-smoking activists? When it becomes apparent that Wellman Talent, the modeling agency Madge works for, is making deals with an unscrupulous tobacco company, and that the spy is out to sabotage GASPís plans to expose the connection, Dinah has to call on all her talents, both sleuthing and singing, to solve the case. In the spirit of Sammy Keyes, Dinah gets by on pluck, courage and an irrepressible sense of humor as she is catapulted into a mystery that twists and turns from the blackberry patch to the corporate boardroom.

The Spy in Alley

TearSheet PDX is a fashion magazine, published in Portland Oregon since 2018. The aim of TearSheet PDX is to offer a supportive, curated publishing outlet, for all artists inspired to create beauty, art, and style in fashion. This book is a collection of selected images published through the end of 2019. For more information, please visit tearsheetpdx.com.

TearSheet PDX First Annual Retrospective

Arriving in New Orleans to expose the evil machinations of the goblins, Lyris is drawn to darkly sensual fey Romeo Hart, whose defiant nature captures her heart and soul, placing her life in grave danger. Original.

The Courier

Dinah Galloway, budding diva, enthusiastic gourmand and amateur detective, is back. This time she has taken to the high seas with a gig in the lounge of an Alaska-bound cruise ship. Also aboard are her mother and her older sister Madge, a moody professor of First Nations art, an elderly woman with romantic intentions toward an even older man, an aspiring thief with gooseberry-colored eyes, and a priceless Native mask that seems to be attracting far too much attention. Also on the ship is Talbot St. John, class heartthrob, with whom Dinah has a running feud. The mask is on its way to a museum to be returned to its ancestral home, but is stolen moments before its delivery. When Dinah is pushed into a glacial lake, the mystery becomes more dangerous and the pool of suspects deepens. As Dinah entertains the passengers and eats her way up the Northwest Coast, a number of potential suspects emerge.

The Mask on the Cruise Ship

After a hang glider crashes into the pool of the house where Dinah and Madge are house-sitting, the hapless pilot creates more than a splash of suspicion in Dinah’s mind. Why does this itchy intruder make off with Dinah’s inflatable turtle? Why is someone trying to drive their cat-mad neighbor away? And what is the connection with the balding stranger seen lurking behind the hedge? And when Madge’s boyfriend starts a campaign to save the endangered spotted owl, it seems that a crooked politician may be out to destroy the habitat of the near-extinct animal. While Madge paints, Dinah brushes aside suggestions that she be a quiet, well-behaved guest in this posh North Vancouver neighborhood. There’s just too much for Dinah and her friends, tree-fanatic Pantelli and irritatingly conscientious Talbot, to investigate in this hilariously suspenseful adventure. Along with learning about endangered animals and fragile ecosystems, Dinah runs across clueless reporters and greedy developers, all the while continuing to belt out her favorite songs and satisfy her healthy appetite.

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