You mustn’t go into the Darkwood, children. Not even to get your ball. Leave it. That ball belongs to the Witches and the Beasties, now. Those wicked Witches. Stealing your ball.

Sometimes fairy tales are not what they seem . . .

Magic is forbidden in Myrsina, along with various other abominations, such as girls doing maths. This is bad news for Gretel...

Welcome to Batch Magna, a place where anything might happen. And often does…

When Sir Humphrey Strange, 8th baronet and squire of Batch Magna departs this world for the Upper House (as he vaguely thought of it, with God presiding in ermine), what’s left of his estate passes, through the ancient law of entailment, to distant relative Humph, an amiable...

The spirits move Hettie and Tilly to investigate an old murder mystery, where all the cats involved appear to be dead...

Psychic cat Irene Peggledrip is being visited by a band of malevolent spirits who all claim to be murderers. Not only is their message disturbing, but they cause chaos with indoor snowstorms, flying books and the untimely demise of a...

Oscar Novak-Chambers, Kentucky’s most eligible bachelor, is up to his neck in trouble with ruthless loan shark Louie Gomez after a racing bet goes wrong. To clear the debt, Oscar must use his family's good standing with the governor's office to obtain a monumental favor.

When he inadvertently misleads the governor, he gains yet another powerful enemy. Time...

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the sexiest cowboy of them all…

As a Beverly Hills princess, I prefer Egyptian sheets, designer clothing, and shopping on Rodeo Drive.

Cleaning stables? Definitely not my thing.

After my great aunt dies, I volunteer to go to Copper Creek, Montana to tie up loose ends and put the house she willed me on the market.

The...

"The Masterson clan is back and funnier than ever in this delightful tale. Dineen’s comedic timing is pure gold!" -Jennifer Peel, Bestselling Author of My Not So Wicked Stepbrother

Catriona Masterton’s family is not normal.

Her father has a passion for taxidermized animals that he dresses in the family plaid. Her mother has a penchant for hoarding kitchen...

Other people just think they’re “haunted by the past.” In Vi’s case, it’s true. Clairvoyant Viola Thorne wants to forget about her days of grifting and running errands for ghosts. The problem? Playing it safe is dull. So, when a dead stranger begs for her help, Vi jumps at the chance to dust off her hustling skills. The unlikely companions are soon...

If you want to increase team productivity, relieve stress, and be happier at work, you could hire a bunch of workplace consultants, invest in scream therapy, and put Pharrell Williams on repeat—or you could just read Humor That Works.

Written by Andrew Tarvin, the world’s first Humor Engineer, this a business book on humor. No, that’s not an oxymoron. It...

A witty, fast-paced thriller with a dash of mathematics and a large dose of danger

Life is not going smoothly for Tom Winscombe. His girlfriend Dorothy has vanished, taking with her all the equipment and money of the company she ran with her friend Ali. Now Tom and Ali are forced to eke out an awkward shared bedsit existence while they try to work out...

Zero is the latest craze. Young, sexy and brilliant, he is a multi-hyphenated (singer-songwriter-rapper-producer) superstar for the digital generation. According to his publicist at least. He’s also a narcissistic, insecure, hyperactive, coke-snorting, pill-popping, loud-mouthed maelstrom of contradictions skating over the thin ice of terminal...

Fueled by idealism and curiosity, the herd follows a bike path into the big city, chasing a dream of a new way of life. The good-natured cattle make lots of friends, but life in town is complicated. They encounter religion, local politics, and manicured lawns. Meanwhile, Farmer is frantically searching for the wayward cows, racing to save them from the...

‘This school is an amazing opportunity!’ said Mum.

‘You’re going to find new depths you never realised you had’.

‘I don’t want new depths,’ I said. ‘I like the ones I’ve got already.’

‘Those aren’t depths,’ said Ethan. ‘They’re shallows.’

You think Adrian Mole had problems? Just wait until you meet Sam.

Fifteen-year-old Sam isn’t special. He’s not a...

Newly retired and excited to finally accomplish her dreams, Gayle Young soon finds that living her best life is not any easier just because she has more free time. In this memoir, truth and fantasy coalesce into one reality as Gayle weaves the art of her imaginings with real recollections from her life. Haunted by memories, she faces her demons and tries to...

While Mark Yeager is vacationing with his wife, Sophie, on Maui, he discovers a pickleball court and a dead body. Detective Puna Pa’a and his sidekick, Akahi Mendoza, consider Mark a suspect in the death of George Tanabe. Mark meets three pickleball players, Ted Franklin, Lefty Kalama and Keone Ahuna, and joins a game with them, hoping to learn more about...

The Pope needs war between England and France badly; peace has prevailed for far too long and a good war will put bums back on pews and money in the collection plate. Otherwise he’ll need to make cutbacks and the Vatican Christmas party will have to go.

Luckily his daring beautiful assassin is on the job. And what better time for the Edward King of...

An introvert spends a year trying to live like an extrovert with hilarious results and advice for readers along the way.

What would happen if a shy introvert lived like a gregarious extrovert for one year? If she knowingly and willingly put herself in perilous social situations that she’d normally avoid at all costs? Writer Jessica Pan intends to find out...

The public wanted a solution to prison overcrowding. The government gave them Camp Orken.

Camp Orken, also known as Deathsville, is where America’s most vicious prisoners are sent to be trained as mercenaries. They engage in fierce desert warfare.

The weakest are eliminated and the survivors are auctioned to fight for foreign countries.

But not...

Say goodnight to long hair and beanbag chairs, Kung Fu champs and lava lamps, Pop Rocks and your David Cassidy lunchbox—this playful Goodnight Moon parody is a retro rhyming ride back to the seventies!
 

Illustrated and packaged à la Margaret Wise Brown’s Goodnight Moon, Goodnight '70s turns the classic children’s book into a baby boomer’s ode to the far out...

How did Jason defeat the dreaded farting Harpies? Was Hercules's hair really that great, really? And why did Perseus love fish milkshakes so much?

It's fractured fairy tales meets Homer in this hysterical collection of rollicking classic tales aimed squarely at 7 to 13 year olds who like to laugh, and laugh a lot. You might even become an Ancient Greek...

Painter Mann could just be the world's best private investigator. Mainly that's because he's dead.

He's sworn to help the murder victims stuck in The InBetween by revealing their killers so they can move on. But a new case threatens everything after Painter recognizes the serial killer's face. They also murdered him.

Exposing them will free dozens of ghosts...

Replete with packet chicken noodle soup and grilled cheese, Stella Ryman paused just outside Fairmount Manor’s dining room, where she used the sleeve of her fleece warm-up suit to wipe condensation from the streaked and fog-edged windows along the corridor. There was so much springtime glory outside Fairmount — although she was not allowed out on her own to...

Mr Edgar Finchley, unmarried solicitor's clerk, aged 45, is told to take a holiday for the first time in his life. He decides to go to Margate. But Fate has other plans in store…

From his abduction in a Bentley by a cheerful crook, to his smuggling escapade off the south coast, the timid but plucky Mr Finchley is plunged into a series of the most...

'Had me on the edge of my seat holding my breath as well as smiling and chuckling out loud.'

Asthmatic furniture restorer and covert witch Amanda Cadabra is a survivor. After all, her family’s bus went over a Cornish cliff. Now the presentable but irritating Inspector Trelawney is dogging her footsteps as he investigates the unexplained deaths. But that’s...

Seattle has seen it’s fair share of serial killers over the years. Now a new demographic needs to watch their backs…successful white males are losing their lives in shockingly public venues.

Detective Spencer Thomas and his task force are 12 murders deep and no closer to finding the Dismember Killer than they were when the first body appeared. The killer is...

They're loyal, loving, and big-hearted—dogs are our best friends for a good reason. Yet they have much more to offer than just love and friendship. Let CEO Scott MacDonald and rescue dog Sadie show you how to have a more rewarding life and a more successful career in Think Like a Dog.

With whimsy and insight, Scott and Sadie offer important lessons in...

Back on Earth, a dying man has just left his fortune to a home for maltreated ferrets.

Normally Jeremiah Brown would not begrudge such luckless animals their windfall, but the man was his uncle, and the fortune was supposed to be his inheritance.

Furthermore, having already purchased a ticket for a luxury space-cruise "on expectation" of said inheritance...

The trip of a lifetime!

Rosie Lewis has her life together.
 
A swanky job as a Michelin-Starred Sous Chef, a loving husband and future children scheduled for exactly January 2021.
 
That’s until she comes home one day to find her husband’s pre-packed bag and a confession that he's had an affair.
 
Heartbroken and devastated, Rosie drowns her sorrows in a glass (or...

Power struggles. Bitter rivalries. Jealousy. Betrayals. Star-crossed lovers. When you consider all these plot points, it’s pretty surprising William Shakespeare didn’t write Mean Girls. But now fans can treat themselves to the epic drama—and heroic hilarity—of the classic teen comedy rendered with the wit, flair, and iambic pentameter of the Bard. Our...

Conrad is a monk, but he has become a monk through trickery and against his will. So, it is fair to say that his heart isn't really in it.

Conrad is also clever, charming, entirely self-serving, self-absorbed and almost completely without scruple — but in Anglo-Saxon England, when the Danish invaders come calling, those are very helpful attributes to...

Golfers the world over know their game is a microcosm of life.

Golf and life require patience and courage, persistence and honesty, focus and self-belief. They present similar challenges, involve the weighing up of risk and reward and demand the making of hard decisions. In both, we must learn to deal with triumph and disaster. In this updated...

A night at the Melbourne Zoo drinking champagne seems a fine idea, until an animal’s death throws milliner and sleuth Catherine Kint into another mystery. Before you can say ‘monkey business’ Catherine and her trusted barman Boris are annoying everyone from zoologists to police. The investigation would challenge the best detectives, but this is Catherine...

Sir Humphrey’s Last Stand takes readers on a medieval romp in a story with a tenuous grasp on reality, and history… Despite the doom and gloom, everyone seems pretty perky indeed and there is a scattering of buffoonery throughout. 

The King of France has routed the incompetent English, who can’t decide whether to fall asleep on the job or shoot...

Johnny’s having a bad day. The worst, actually. A sales rep for a food-service company, he’s at the top of his game and usually enjoys his job. But today, he just lost out on his company’s prestigious sales award (the bad news delivered by his smug, egomaniacal boss), he’s trying to rebound from losing two key accounts, his customers won’t pay, and to top...

To treat patients using psychoanalysis, psychiatrists must first undergo their own analysis. And Dr. Jacob Fink plans to coast through his own stint on the shrink's couch as quickly as possible. After all, there's nothing wrong with him! But soon, his forty‑five minute sessions unearth long‑buried struggles that are both profound and profane.

Can a...

This small book takes a brief, sharp look at the many illogical reasons for belief in god. It contains  23 line drawings and oft-times biting cartoons that illustrate the illogicality of religious belief and religious believers.