Not Today Little Plant

The year is 2360. Elysium Biodome V, an isolated poultry farming colony on Mars, has discovered the secret to human harmony.

The community gathers for its 280th annual Conclave, a celebration of love, community, and chickens.

Short story.

An unusual find in the secret compartment of Doug’s new Corvette will change lives forever. Doug and Catherine come from two different worlds. Catherine’s is one of privilege and wealth, whereas Doug grew up poor and envious of others who had more. Their worlds collide when Catherine, VP of a prominent New York City marketing firm, hires Doug. Follow the twists and turns of this spellbinding tale of love, wealth, and mystery from the Rideau lakes of Canada to the shores of the Caribbean. The series is written in a continuing fashion; please be sure to read the books in the order written.

AGES 5-6

Help your child fall in love with reading!

Give your young reader that big confidence boost when they read a whole book by themselves!

Sena Cat Hid in a Bin is a fun, first-time reader book to help kids learn to read. Written by a dad of three searching for very easy readers for kids who’ve started sounding out words, this early learning kids’ book is sure to delight. See for yourself – the story pages appear below on this page (under From the Publisher).

Play with Sena as she shares her toys with the little readers, then hides in her soft toy bin. But where will she go next? Young readers will follow Sena on a playful adventure as they practice sounding out words and building reading confidence. With short sentences and playful repetition, this kids’ book for emerging readers is the ideal first reading for the kindergarten and first grade level.

Written only with decodable, phonetic, cvc words – no sight words or even lower-case letters – this storybook is made to be as easy as possible for kids to read independently. The second in a series of beginner reading books for kids, this book builds on Book 1 in the series by introducing longer sentences and a slightly longer story. Children will love the fun rhythm, simple vocabulary, and adorable story line while gaining confidence with every page.

Designed to help children learn to love reading and enjoy its thrills as they also learn phonics & reading skills, this charmingly illustrated beginning reader story book will give your little ones a burst of encouragement and a feeling that reading is for them. Kids crave being big and doing things without help, including with books. Imagine their joy when they read a whole book all by themselves, and their sense of agency and ownership with a book that’s truly theirs.

Get kids reading with this simple book that kindergarteners and first graders can read right at their level. Join Sena (seh-nah) in her funny, silly cat adventures that your child can read start to finish, right now.

USA Today Bestselling Series!

Sally Muccio’s had her crosses to bear: a cheating ex-boyfriend, crazy Italian parents, and an unfaithful husband, just to name a few. After her divorce, she returns to her hometown to start a novelty cookie shop whose specialties include original fortune cookies, served with a sprinkle of foreshadowing. But there’s no warning when her ex-husband’s mistress drops dead on Sal’s porch, and police confirm it’s a homicide. Determined to stop her life from becoming a recipe for disaster, Sal takes matters into her own hands. With two very different men vying for her affection, dead bodies piling up, and a reputation hanging by an apron string, Sal finds herself in a race against time to save both her business and life — before the last cookie crumbles.

Being a “good lawyer” is no longer job security in the age of AI, when research, writing, and analysis can be automated or outsourced.
What makes you irreplaceable and gives you endless growth potential is your ability to attract the right clients, charge and collect the fees your time is truly worth, and build relationships that sustain a profitable practice over time.

That is the art of rainmaking.

In Making It Rain: The Art of Building a Successful Law Practice, seasoned Criminal Defense Attorney Robert Hartmann draws on his nearly four decades in the courtroom and more than 200 jury trials to lay out what actually drives momentum, leverage, and staying power in the business of law.

This book provides a strategic blueprint for how to operate as a rainmaker, build credibility through empathy, and price your work with confidence. Inside, you’ll learn how to:

• Build a referral-driven practice rooted in real relationships

• Transition from employee to owner without costly missteps

• Scale through systems, delegation, and leadership

• Protect your reputation, your energy, and your life outside the office

This practical, experience-driven guide is for attorneys who want control over their careers, whether in a big firm or a solo practice. If you can make it rain, you’re positioned for long-term success.

It’s both a layered story of learning to love and accept oneself despite social and familial expectations and a lovely ode to the shy and anxious. Rom-com fans will find plenty to enjoy. — Publisher’s Weekly

Today is the worst day of Jane Stewart’s life. And she’s reliving it over and over (and over and over) again.

She’s late to the same make-or-break meeting.
She’s fired from the same soul-crushing job.
And — the cherry on top — she’s dumped by the same lying, selfish dirtbag.

But no matter how many times she relives the same disasters and no matter what she tries to change them, it all ends in the same abysmal mess. Because, apparently, being stuck in a time loop on the worst day of her life hasn’t cured her crippling social anxiety. Go figure.

The one bright spot? Her long-time crush wants to be more than friends… if only she can get them past their first date. And so her happily ever is doomed before it can even begin unless she can find a way to save her job, her heart, and, oh yeah, the space-time continuum.

March 25, 1911. Hundreds of seamstresses are hard at work on the upper floors of a ten-story factory loft. The workday ends and Esther Greenberg stands from her sewing machine and heads for the stairs, looking forward to her plans for that Saturday evening. “Fire!” someone shouts, and Esther sees smoke outside the windows. The building is ablaze and she’s trapped nine stories up.
Charlie Pendergrass has learned a great deal since becoming a fireman — about the job and himself. But he must decide what kind of future he wants, and he just might lose it all to the flames.
From the irascible fire chief Edward Croker to the ruthless business magnate Max Blanck, Hell’s Hundred Acres is the richly detailed story of the disparate lives that intersected at one of the deadliest tragedies in New York City history — the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.