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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.

Zach Graves works for the Consociation investigating troublesome witches or arcanists for his nine to five work day. In his free time, he enjoys his life with Beth and Peter, playing guitar in an alt rock band, and the diverse nature opportunities around Phoenix, Arizona. With music, friends, and a steady job, life is good.
Until a ghoul kills Beth and Peter while they’re all camping, leaving Zach to crush the cryptid with his magic.
Zach knew it had to be connected to his last investigation on the Red Aegis, but the local DRC team is in his way and his target is onto him. His life in ruins, he won’t stop his pursuit, no matter the consequences.
The Phoenix DRC series is a paranormal procedural centered in the western United States as a spin-off from the award-winning DRC Files. Content warning – elements of horror.

The BUILD FIRST system exists in two formats. The Quick-Start Handbook delivers the complete framework in a streamlined format — at less than one third the size of the full manual. The Handbook contains everything needed to understand and apply the system immediately, and pairs with the optional standalone guides — the Strength System, Food Guide, Field Guide, FAQ Guide, Big Muscle guide, Beyond ReBUILT, and Kids + Teens Guide — to rebuild the full manual one piece at a time, as needed.

The full manual includes all the guides as extended appendices, and optional supporting detail and graphic illustrations for readers who want a deeper understanding.

Before we talk about what this book does, we need to talk about something most fitness books never mention.
Every person reading this has a full suit of muscle tissue running head to toe — determining how many calories their body burns every hour of every day, including while they sleep. Not just when you are exercising, not just when you are getting your steps in, every minute of every day.

Muscle is the foundation of a healthy metabolism. A healthy adult woman carries approximately 27 percent of her body weight as structural muscle. A healthy adult man carries approximately 36 percent. Repeated dieting cycles can drop to as low as 15 percent in women and 20 percent in men — almost half the healthy baseline — while still appearing to have reached a ‘normal’ or ‘healthy’ weight on the scale. The internal picture however is very different. The body is running on a fraction of its intended, healthy metabolic capacity, and every future diet attempt makes it even worse.

When calories are aggressively reduced through conventional dieting, up to one third of weight lost comes from muscle rather than fat — and in crash dieting scenarios alongside heavy cardio, that figure can exceed one half. For every pound of muscle lost metabolism slows further, the body burns fewer calories at rest, weight comes back faster than it left and rebound weight ends in a worse place than it began.

A critical point about cardio most programs get wrong: Cardio does not build muscle. It uses the muscle that already exists. At the right time and in the right amount it supports cardiovascular health. Applied during calorie restriction, before metabolism is stable, it accelerates muscle loss, reduces at-rest calorie burn, and deepens damage. More cardio is not the answer. The sequence is.

This book is not about building big, visible muscle. The muscle this system rebuilds is internal, the metabolic engine that determines how efficiently the body manages energy and fat storage. It is designed to return the body to the natural 27 and 36 percent baseline, not to the 54 percent of an elite bodybuilder. At a restored natural baseline, hunger becomes predictable, energy stabilizes, fat storage becomes manageable, and the body stops fighting every attempt to change. For readers who want to pursue visible muscle beyond the baseline, the Beyond ReBuilt and Big Muscle Guides cover that as one of six directional options once a healthy metabolism is rebuilt, but it is not the purpose of the core foundation program.

Zac McCallister is a blacksmith haunted by his father’s unsolved murder. With his half-brother taking control of the town — and Zac’s forge — he finds himself forced to take the law into his own hands…

Antoinette, a clever telegraph operator with ties to the Pinkertons, has her own reasons for helping Zac. When a fire nearly kills him, she steps in, determined to uncover the truth behind the threats closing in.

Together, Zac and Antoinette dive headfirst into a deadly game of power, deception, and danger. As they chase leads through the unforgiving frontier, their fight for justice becomes a fight for their very lives — and the future of the town they both call home.

In the idyllic Village of Harmony, everything is not as harmonious as it seems!

Jackie Parker, a spirited baby boomer not quite ready for retirement, arrives in the charming Midwestern town of Harmony to assist her great-aunt Ruth in photographing a wedding. The entire community is abuzz with excitement for the nuptials of its beloved matriarch, Eleanor Harmony, who is set to marry for the fourth time. However, the joyful event is abruptly canceled when the groom’s body is discovered under mysterious circumstances!

Jackie and her friend Wanda are the first on the scene of what appears to be a tragic car accident. Acting on instinct, Jackie photographs the crash site, unaware that these images will play a crucial role in uncovering the truth about what really happened to Eleanor’s fiancé on that desolate road in the dead of night. With the wedding off and her return to Chicago on hold, Jackie becomes increasingly convinced that Paul’s death was no accident.

Her natural curiosity and keen eye for detail draw her into the heart of a police investigation, where she begins to unravel a web of secrets and lies that threaten to shatter the peace of this picturesque community. As Jackie follows the clues, she discovers that in Harmony, appearances can be deceiving, and everyone has something to hide.

Nestled along the banks of the Wisconsin River and surrounded by wooded hills and bluffs, Harmony is a place where cozy mystery lovers will find themselves right at home. Join Jackie Parker in Captured on Camera for a delightful escape filled with intrigue, humor, and the timeless charm of a small-town mystery.

When the hurricane passed, a stranger remained.

Avery Hart is prepared for the massive storm about to batter her Louisiana village, or so she thinks. But her best laid plans are shattered when a mysterious man appears out of the chaos, soaked through and shaken. He talks strangely. He acts strangely. And it seems like he has a secret he is desperate to hide. A secret Avery needs to know before she can trust him, or even trust herself.

With the town all but destroyed, Avery will find herself at a difficult crossroads. And she’ll need every ounce of grace and resilience to find her way, and to fix what has been broken.

Evocative of the deep, noir-ish mysteries of Gillian Flynn and Tana French, this novel is fast paced and filled with twists and turns. Perfect for those who love a nuanced, atmospheric tale that explores the many facets of belief, and what happens when faith is tested in a crisis.