Wowrus by Monica Roe

 A gentle and moving picture book about how looking on the bright side might not always be the brightest solution.

Walrus is such a good friend. In fact, he's so good at cheering friends up and finding the bright side in any situation that sometimes his friends call him "Wowrus."

But when Walrus breaks a tusk during the Great Iceberg Classic, it hurts! He doesn’t want to hear about the silver linings of having only one tusk! As he nurses his wound, Walrus starts to understand that pointing out the positive doesn't always help. It takes Narwhal listening to him for Walrus to realize that perhaps not everything can—or should—be bright all the time…and that’s okay too.

Monica Roe grew up in an Appalachian farming community and spent her childhood haunting the local library, where she was once almost locked in at closing time (she saw this as a huge win; the librarian disagreed). She has worked for over a decade as a pediatric physical therapy consultant for off-road Alaskan communities and is a researcher/advocate for the social model of disability and inclusive rural health. A first-generation graduate, Monica currently studies public health at the University of Alaska Anchorage, focusing on disability-inclusive disaster preparedness for rural communities threatened by climate change. When not in Alaska, Monica and her family can be found in rural South Carolina, where they raise honeybees and sometimes get stung.

The Life Changing Power of One Question by Holly Hurd

One Powerful Question Can Change Your Life.

In this empowering guide for women, Holly Hurd explores the transformative power of asking the right question at the right moment to unlock self-worth, confidence, and clarity.

Whether you're navigating personal crossroads or professional change, this book will guide you to the breakthrough you've been seeking. With stories, prompts, and real-life examples from women who have radically changed their lives, this book reveals how a single, thoughtful question-posed to yourself or others-can help you find purpose, deepen relationships, and create connection. A former hedge fund founder turned women's empowerment advocate, Holly Hurd combines business acumen with emotional insight to offer readers a framework for self-reflection, personal growth, and bold action.

This book isn't just about finding the right words-it's about discovering your voice. Through guided inquiry and inspiring anecdotes, readers will learn how to identify the question that could open the door to healing, opportunity, or reinvention. Whether it's a whisper of curiosity or a cry for change, asking that one question may be the first step to a more courageous, connected, and fulfilled life.

Inside, you'll find:

• Empowering questions to ask in moments of doubt, change, or opportunity
• Real stories from women who found clarity and purpose by asking just one question
• Simple yet powerful tools for reconnecting to your intuition and taking the next step

If you liked How Successful People Think, Super Communicators, or How to Become a People Magnet, then you'll love The Life-Changing Power of One Question.

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Holly Hurd is a keynote speaker, bestselling author, entrepreneur, and founder of VentureMom, whose mission is to help women reinvent themselves, discover their purpose, and create lives they love. At just twenty-five, she became one of the youngest women in the country to launch her own hedge fund and was recognized by Fortune magazine as one of its "People to Watch." Her remarkable journey—from Wall Street to entrepreneurship to empowering women—gives audiences a rare blend of business expertise, personal reinvention, and practical inspiration.

For more than a decade, Holly has interviewed over 500 women entrepreneurs, uncovering the stories, strategies, and mindset shifts that turn ideas into thriving businesses and life transitions into new beginnings. She distilled those lessons into her bestselling book, VentureMom: From Idea to Income in Just 12 Weeks, which has inspired thousands of women to pursue their passions with confidence.

Today, Holly is a sought-after speaker whose engaging storytelling and actionable insights leave audiences motivated to embrace change and take the first step toward what's next. Through her books, keynote presentations, newsletter, and social media community, she reaches tens of thousands of women looking for greater purpose, confidence, and fulfillment. She has spoken at conferences, leadership events, and women's organizations nationwide and has been featured in Darien Magazine, New Canaan Magazine, and numerous media outlets.

In her newest bestselling book, The Life-Changing Power of One Question, Holly reveals how asking one powerful question can transform careers, relationships, and lives. Her keynotes blend compelling personal stories, practical takeaways, and the wisdom of hundreds of remarkable women, leaving audiences inspired—and equipped—to write their own next chapter.

 

Falling For You by Natasha Madison

 Theo Williams loved and lost once and isn’t interested in doing it again. He has his family and friends, and plenty of women passing through his new hometown who are happy with a no-strings-attached night of passion. Working as a partner at his cousin’s construction company, he’s perfectly content with his life—until he meets Collins Henderson, the one-night stand who will change his world forever.

Collins grew up on the wrong side of her small hometown. Thanks to her parents’ shady schemes, every local knows a Henderson cannot be trusted. She works hard as a paramedic, putting in every extra hour she can to save for a better life. But every time she starts to get ahead, her parents show up to pull her back down. Having one night of passion with a man she doesn’t know is not something she’d normally do, but there was just something about him … And two months later, she finds herself unexpectedly pregnant.

When she runs into the mysterious stranger again, she has to tell him, not because she needs or wants anything from him, just so he knows. But now he’s showing up at her house, cooking her meals, stocking her refrigerator, and doing everything he can for her. Collins has always taken care of herself. She wasn’t looking for a relationship, but she can’t deny the chemistry between them.

She knows it’s only a matter of time before he learns who she is and changes his mind. She can’t let herself fall for this guy, but every day he’s getting harder to resist …

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When Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling author Natasha Madison's nose isn't buried in a book, or her fingers flying across a keyboard writing, she's in the kitchen creating gourmet meals. You can find her, in four-inch heels no less, in the car chauffeuring kids, or possibly with her husband scheduling his business trips. It's a good thing her characters do what she says because even her Labrador doesn't listen to her...

A fantastic read and gorgeous sprayed edges. I recommend this one.

Witch Trail by Harriet Tyce

 Let the Witch Trial begin . . .

When eighteen-year-old Christian Shaw is found dead in a park, the city of Edinburgh is stunned—and the shock only deepens when police charge her best friends, Eliza Lawson and Isobel Smyth, with the murder. As social media explodes in a tizzy of theories and headlines scream for justice, rumors of bullying are overshadowed by something more wicked and frightening: whispers of dark rituals, feverish obsession, and a teenage pact gone wrong.

When the trial begins, everyone in Edinburgh clamors for a front-row ticket to the show: to look upon the murderous Eliza and Isobel with their own eyes. Everyone, that is, but Matthew Phillips, a respected heart surgeon picked for the jury. But, as the trial unfolds—and the girls’ lawyers offer a surprising and unsettling defense—the reluctant Matthew finds himself questioning everything: the motives, the evidence, even his own judgement. Then he begins to have strange visions of terrifying things—hallucinations he tells himself. After all, witchcraft isn’t real . . . or is it?

Who is telling the truth? Who can be trusted?

And what really happened to Christian Shaw?

Harriet Tyce was born and grew up in Edinburgh. She graduated from Oxford in 1994 with a degree in English Literature before gaining legal qualifications. She worked as a criminal barrister for ten years, leaving after having children. She completed an MA in Creative Writing – Crime Fiction at UEA where she wrote Blood Orange, the Sunday Times bestselling novel, winner of a gold Nielsen Bestseller Award in 2021. It was followed by The Lies You Told and It Ends At Midnight, both also Sunday Times bestsellers. A Lesson in Cruelty was published in 2022 and met with great critical acclaim and her fifth novel Witch Trial will be published on 26 February 2026. She is a contestant on series 4 of The Traitors. Follow Harriet on Instagram @harriet_tyce and find her Facebook page @harriettyceauthor.

A Hidden Fate by Carol Efron

 Baltimore, 1986. Julia and Matt are newlyweds, in love and eager to begin graduate school. Julia longs to leave behind haunting memories of her mother’s devastating decline in Maryland, but she unexpectedly learns the truth her father has hidden: Her mother died of a fatal genetic illness. Julia now faces a 50 percent chance of inheriting the same fate, and every child she longs to have will carry the same risk.

When an unplanned pregnancy rocks their careful plans, Julia and Matt face agonizing uncertainty and impossible choices. Desires and convictions pull them toward starkly different paths, each possibly leading to misery.

As the couple struggles to protect the fragile, fierce love that first bound them together, they face the cost of secrets and the ache of betrayal—but they also discover the hope of forgiveness.

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Carol Efron is a physician and writer. She earned her MD from Johns Hopkins and served on the faculty at Johns Hopkins and Stanford before building a thriving private practice in Silicon Valley. Her medical research—much of it on Huntington’s disease—has been published in leading journals. Witnessing the dilemmas posed by genetic testing inspired the questions at the heart of her debut novel. Efron has spent the past decade studying fiction craft, leading a writers’ critique group, and running a fifteen-year book club. She currently resides in Menlo Park, California.

Forget Me Not by Karen Cogan

 She's built a life on certainty-until one man makes her question everything.

Miranda Wilkins has carefully built a life she can manage-orderly, predictable, and safe.

Then Paul Green walks into her world.

With his quiet kindness and steady presence, Paul sees more than Miranda intends to show, and offers her something she never expected to want: a future that isn't controlled, but shared.

But some choices come with risks she isn't sure she can face.

And some truths are harder to reveal than to hide.

As their connection deepens, Miranda must decide if protecting her heart means walking away... or trusting God enough to embrace the unknown.

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Karen Cogan is a bestselling author with a passion for crafting captivating tales for both children and adults. Her literary journey spans the realms of historical and contemporary romance, reflecting her love for these genres as both a reader and writer. Picture her, seated in a cozy chair, laptop on her lap, weaving tales filled with inspiration and unforgettable characters.

Beyond the enchanting world of words, Karen finds joy in the simple pleasures of life. Family holds a special place in her heart, and she cherishes every moment spent with loved ones. But her family extends beyond humans. Karen shares her home with delightful companions, including her two dogs, and at the stable, a stubborn horse.

In the tranquility of her garden, Karen cultivates not only flowers but also inspiration. Among the blooms, carnations hold a special significance. They are her favorites, each petal telling a story of beauty and resilience, much like the characters she brings to life in her books.

Join Karen Cogan on a literary journey where romance, history, and contemporary tales come alive, and where the warmth of family and the charm of pets are woven into the fabric of her creative world.

Jesse's Girl by Gary Morgenstein

 How much should a parent sacrifice for their child? In "Jesse's Girl", pretty much everything. This thriller by award-winning writer Gary Morgenstein about the search for family and love opens as widowed father Teddy Mentor is awakened by the Montana wilderness program saying that his 16-year-old adopted son Jesse has run away - and they haven't a clue where he's gone. Only two weeks ago, Jesse had been taken to the program by escorts to deal with his substance abuse problems. Jeopardizing his job, Teddy rushes across the country to find Jesse, who is off on his own quest: to find the family he's never known, ultimately embroiling father and son in a deadly cat and mouse chase with a psychotic killer.

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The novels and plays of the award-winning writer Gary Morgenstein have been featured in national media from the New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, Parade Magazine, New York Post, and Sports Illustrated to NPR and Fox News.

Author of seven novels, Morgenstein wrote the critically acclaimed dystopian baseball trilogy "The Dark Depths" (“1984 Meets Shoeless Joe”), comprised of "A Mound Over Hell", "A Fastball for Freedom" and "A Dugout to Peace", which begins in 2098 after America and the West have lost World War Three to the Islamic Empire, democracy is dead with America ruled by a totalitarian nanny-state The Family, and disgraced baseball, associated with the failed great America, begins its final season at Amazon Stadium. His other novels include the thriller "Jesse's Girl", about a father's search for his troubled teenage son, who has run away from a substance abuse facility.

Morgenstein’s stage dramas, which have been performed throughout the United States, include the Broadway World award-winning drama "A Black and White Cookie" about the unlikely friendship between a conservative African American newsstand owner and an eccentric Communist Jew. His Perry Award-winning (Best Original Play) poignant drama "A Tomato Can’t Grow in the Bronx" illuminates a Jewish working-class family in the tumultuous 1960s.

The timely "Dancing on Glass" draws two broken families into an explosive public case of antisemitism and political bullying – and the perils of parenting - at a private school. His romantic dramedy "Walking Charlie" explores the relationship between a Venezuelan political immigrant and a struggling small business owner, who are brought together by a pug dog named Charlie. In "The Silence of Our Friends", set in Mayor Mamdani's New York City, a retired professor hatches a desperate scheme to confront surging antisemitism. Morgenstein's new bi-partisan political satire "AOC and the Untold Story of the 2028 Elections" makes fun of everyone in a wicked political romp into what might happen in the upcoming presidential election.