The Silver Wedding Of The Bear

Excerpt from The Silver Wedding of the Bear: A Memorial of the Celebration of the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Tavern Club, 15 January 1909 The Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the founding of the Club, or "The Silver Wedding of the Bear" was celebrated on January 15, 1909. There were present over one hundred and twenty men, including former and present, active and non-resident members. At seven o'clock "Wreathe the Bowl" was sung on the staircase by Sullivan Sargent. This was immediately followed by the ceremony of Passing the Guarded Flame. Howard Walker dressed in a white scholar's gown stood on the stairs, and read from a scroll the following lines by Francis Sturgis, explaining the ritual about to be performed: And now, good friends, the happy lot is mine To pass to you in trust this Guarded Flame. You shall receive this emblem of the Club Each in the order of his fealty; So, having held and given back this lamp Then pass ye onward to the Banquet Hall. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

When a heartless killer ruins a Valentine's Day wedding, teddy bear shop manager Sasha Silverman vows to solve the crime . . . At the Silver Bear Shop and Factory, Sasha will be selling plenty of bride and groom teddy bears come springtime. But this Valentine's Day weekend, she'd take any of those silent, stuffed couples over the real thing. Sasha and her sister Maddie are bridesmaids at Cissy Davidson’s upcoming wedding in Silver Hollow. Cissy is fuming over the worst choice of best man—the jerk who broke her sister Debbie's heart—and the groom-to-be won't budge in his decision. At the rehearsal dinner you could cut the tension with a wedding cake knife. That is, until best man Dylan is found dead, impaled with an ice pick. Although jilted Debbie is the most likely suspect—the blood on her dress doesn't help her case—the bride begs Sasha to prove her sister's innocence. If anyone's going to walk down the aisle, Sasha will first need to find the cold-hearted killer who iced Dylan . . .

Join the Macconwood Pack with this steamy Wolf Shifter fated mates urban fantasy paranormal romance tale! She was taken from him once before, now he's never letting go. Lt. Matt Larentia has waited a lifetime to be reunited with his one true mate, Claire Lilly Maccon. Twenty years apart has changed the two Werewolves. As the mother of the Alpha, Lilly has a role to fulfill in the Macconwood Pack. She's missed so much of her children's lives, she doesn't want to isolate them now. Matt has been patient, but he's not a young pup anymore. He simply won't wait another minute. He delivers an ultimatum that Lilly just can't accept. Can the two lovers bridge the gap between them and embrace their second chance at love? An Urban Fantasy Paranormal Second Chance Romance featuring a Silver Wolf Shifter and his long lost Mate! Keywords: second chance romance, silver romance, heroines over 40, womens paranormal fiction, alpha, werewolf, shifter, wolf shifter, urban fantasy, complete series, PNR anthology, boxed set, fantasy romance, paranormal holiday romance, shifter christmas romance, wolf pack series, werewolf romance ebook, paranormal fiction series, strong heroine, curvy girl romance novel, shifter mates, fated mates, instalove romance short, sexy shifter book, sexy paranormal romance book, steamy paranormal romance novel, steamy wolf shifter mates, friends to lovers, instant attraction, heat level, claiming bites, fated mates novella, shifter fated mates series *AUTHOR'S NOTE This book picks up where To Claim A Wolf: A Macconwood Pack Novel #5 leaves off! It is better to read it after that one (not necessarily the others, though I recommend getting the whole series).

Teddy bear shop manager Sasha Silverman must step fast to find a murderer before an upcoming Scottish festival . . . It’s springtime in Silver Hollow, Michigan, and Sasha is looking forward to the village’s inaugural Highland Fling weekend. Plans are underway for a Kilted 5K, athletic competitions, dancing, live music, and even a Hurl-the-Haggis contest. Meanwhile, Sasha’s staff is busy crafting custom teddy bears in kilts for the Silver Bear Shop’s vendor booth. But trouble’s brewing behind the scenes, as the obnoxious Teddy Hartman, former owner of a rival teddy bear company, sows seeds of discord about town, targeting Sasha’s family and their business. Things go from plaid to worse when—just a week before the festival kicks-off—the disgruntled gossip is found murdered with an ax buried in his back. Sasha’s dad is arrested, since he’s a champion ax-thrower. But she doesn’t give a dram what it looks like—Sasha knows that despite the old business rivalry with Hartman, her father is innocent. So with a spot of help from her friends, Sasha must bag the real killer before her first Fling also becomes her last. Praise for BEARLY DEPARTED “You’ll fall in love with this delightful debut mystery.” —Victoria Thompson, bestselling author of Murder in Morningside Heights “The first in a new series features a complex plot awash in red herrings, a perky heroine . . . and everything you ever wanted to know about teddy bears.” —Kirkus Reviews “The appealing, impulsive amateur sleuth, dedicated to the family business, will appeal to fans of character-driven cozies.” —Library Journal “Entertaining . . . inhabited by quirky, fully developed characters and good dogs and cats.” —Publishers Weekly

Eager to establish an efficient money-laundering organization, a Mafia family acquires a Swiss bank. But their almost-legitimate enterprise soon incorporates the schemes of a billionaire American speculator living in England, the hustles of a pair of smugglers running an illicit Iranian silver mine, and a scam that could topple the international monetary system. Paul E. Erdman, the Edgar Award–winning author of The Billion Dollar Sure Thing and creator of the financial thriller genre, returns to the world of high finance for this gripping, Edgar-nominated novel about a bold scheme to rig the silver market. Adapted into the movie Silver Bears, starring Michael Caine, Erdman's intricately plotted tale of how to make a fortune — legitimately or not — was hailed by Kirkus as "another assured jackpot for an unnumbered account of readers."