Double Trouble In The Midlife

If there's supposed to be an adjustment period for becoming a powerful vampire, Hailey totally missed it. There's no time to waste when she suddenly finds herself with another new set of supernatural skills to master. She thought she had seen it all. Little did she know that this newfound connection would bring about a series of extraordinary events. Wasn't immortality supposed to have some perks? Or at the very least no hard deadlines? Oh, well. At least while she's rushing to perfect all of her powers, Hailey is too busy to think about the calamity that awaits her at home. But seriously, how can she and Jax avoid hosting houseguests who hate each other? It may not be possible. Just as Hailey and Jax begin to acclimate to their new identities, the Mother of All craves a taste of the "human experience." Sound vague? Spoilers, baby. With Twin Terrors Allison and Avery still around, life as a vampire is complicated enough. Who needs more drama?

Two sisters. One disaster. First things first: I'm the bad twin. While my sister, Marcia, has the perfect family in the perfect suburb, I've been making my living as an Internet advice columnist and designing Web sites in my downtown loft. I always thought I had the right answer—and hair color—for any occasion. That is, until Marcia ran up loads of debt and ran out on her husband and kids, and I was left helping to pick up the pieces. Her husband, James, is a lawyer who I hate on principle alone. But for a guy who's just lost his job, his marriage, and his expensive toys, he's keeping it togetherÑand making me rethink my feelings toward him. It's not that he's traded in his conservative suits for sexy jeans. It's that he's not giving up what's important to him, and oh baby, I'm a sucker for a guy who hangs tough. That doesn't mean I'm ready to step into Marcia's designer shoes now that she's gone A.W.O.L. And it doesn't mean that I'm going to fall for James' easy charmÉnot again, anyhow. Besides, I've had a lifelong policy of not being mistaken for my twin and I'm not backing down on that one nowÑno matter how convenient it might be for a certain sexy (and persuasive) man...

Bond Girl Head Honcho, Queen Vampire Councilwoman, and now Dragon-Mama Extraordinaire, Hailey Whitfield is exhausted. Having a newborn baby dragon is far more than she bargained for. Little Flint is settling in just fine, though. The little dragon loves anything shiny. Rather like a ferret, except the little booger can fly. They can’t hide anything from him. And he never sleeps. It would help if he’d listen to anyone other than Hailey, but Flint is a one-woman dragon. When Goldie is ready to go to her first day of classes at the new Rune Academy for the supernatural, she wants to wear the brand new bracelet Luke and Ransom bought her. It’s missing, but that’s okay. Hailey knows just where to look for it—in Flint’s hoard. They get Goldie off to school only to have their most shocking news yet. Rogue vampires? Easy. New species of werewolf? Piece of cake. What’s too hard for kick-butt Hailey to handle? Her all-too-human family is on their way for a surprise visit. Everybody hide your fangs! The Whitfield’s looming appearance isn’t the only panic-inducing visit they have to deal with while Goldie is off to her classes. Guess who is back for round two? Only the mother of all vampires, and she’s bringing a mother of a revelation… Now to get to the bottom of the whole dragon thing. As soon as Mommy and Daddy go back home.

In this spin-off to Third Time Lucky, Marlays's twin sister has abandoned her husband and children. But when Marlays steps in to help the family, she never expects to step into her brother-in-law's heart.

Follow the adventures of the Ride-or-Die Witches as they discover their magical powers at midlife! Features an EXCLUSIVE bonus short story! Book 1: Silver Spells Luella is having the weirdest day ever. Getting fired from her job at the sunscreen factory for no good reason is bad enough, but when a mysterious dog brings a tempest into her former workplace, Luella’s life is completely upended by the sudden gift of wild and windy magical powers. Book 2: Silver Charms All Rose wants is peace, quiet, and some quality time with her lovable foster dog, Braveheart. Unfortunately, a devious elder fire witch has decided it’s time to begin Rose’s training in fire magic—and she won’t take no for an answer. But even fire spells are no match for family drama: Rose’s sister is in the middle of a divorce, and it’s up to Rose to stop the soon-to-be-ex-husband’s plan to keep the house for himself. Book 3: Silver Dreams Pepper hasn’t been on a vacation with her husband—without the kids—ever. As in, never ever. On top of that, she still hasn’t told him about her magical water powers yet. Oops. (She meant to get around to it, really.) And now the magic won’t leave her alone, sending one strange emissary after another to interrupt every single supposed-to-be romantic moment. She has her hands full just trying to hide the truth, let alone trying to rekindle the other kind of magic with her husband. Book 4: Silver Shadows Lenore is on the verge of retirement in sunny Miami when her employer suddenly folds, leaving her flat broke—and longing for revenge on those who walked away with millions. When a last-ditch attempt at witchcraft leads to a mysteriously powerful silver key, Lenore discovers that the road to retribution runs through a new and dangerous world of magic… and she’ll have to reopen old wounds to master the power she’s learned to crave. Plus the EXCLUSIVE bonus short story, "The Witch Who Never Laughed," featuring two mystery characters from the series! Readers are loving Midlife Elementals: ★★★★★ “The writing was fantastic!” ★★★★★ “What a refreshingly inventive story!” ★★★★★ “Characters are fun and relatable!” ★★★★★ “Lots of fun and hijinks!” ★★★★★ “Cannot wait to find out what happens next!” ★★★★★ “I tried a few first-in-series books when I first started seeing this genre, and this was my favorite of them all!” For fans of paranormal women’s fiction, paranormal cozy mystery, cozy fantasy, urban fantasy, paranormal romance, magic, witches, friendship, family, animal familiars, and love!

At mid-life, Claire Dederer developed a sudden yearning for jailbreak. In this exuberant memoir, she reflects on two periods in her life uncannily similar in their emotional intensity: her present experience as a middle-aged mom in the grip of unruly and mysterious new hungers, and her recollections of herself as a teenager. Blazingly intelligent, wickedly funny, and piercingly honest, in Love and Trouble Dederer captures the perils and pleasures of girlhood, womanhood, and life itself.

Understand the spiritual and psychological stages of human life! Life Cycle: Psychological and Theological Perceptions provides professors and students of religion, pastoral counselors, and parents with a description of human personality development from birth to death from both psychological and theological perspectives. You will examine how personalities develop and unfold as individuals grow and how they are influenced by family members and by God, helping you view the life cycle as a sacred journey. Life Cycle will help you, as a parent, to understand your children better, and as an individual, to gain a meaningful perspective of the unfolding of your own life. As a pastoral counselor, this book will help you to enlarge your comprehension of developmental problems and solutions, enabling you to better help your parishioners develop healthy spiritual identities. Through this insightful book, you will discover the natural process of development through life-stages such as the Age of Works, the Age of Friendships, and the Age of Discovery. This unique book will help you in your pursuit of self-discovery. Within these pages you will: examine the history and theories of personality development from such theorists as Freud, Erikson, and Sullivan to get a solid foundation for understanding the process of identity formation understand theological as well as psychological views of personality development. realize the impact of the family unit on the development of individuals learn to recognize the stages of human development and see how the integration of theology and psychology can clarify them Life Cycle includes a comprehensive bibliography on the subject of development, as well as beautiful and moving poems that depict personal growth to help describe new concepts and help you to better understand important identity issues. This informative book will help you clearly define the stage of life that you or the person you are trying to help is in and identify the stage where problems originated, giving you the necessary information to begin to problem solve and promote healthy spiritual and mental growth and balance.

Diverse Voices of Women is an anthology featuring works of various lengths and genres, from the voices of mostly contemporary women of many races, classes, nationalities, and age groups.