Collection: Adult

Inspired by the idea that quilts can honor and heal, the Quilts of Valor organization is committed to gifting quilts to service members and has awarded over 408,000 quilts to date. To celebrate their mission to "cover military touched by war," All-Star Quilts of Valor shares inspiring quilt patterns from well-known quilters, which you can use to craft your very own patriotic quilt.

The second edition of this bestselling volume is revised to include updates about the quilts' impacts on veterans and 12 additional patterns. Plus, a new spiral binding (often requested by quilters) makes it even easier to use!

Each quilt includes clear, easy cutting and assembly instructions, materials lists, and diagrams.

This book will empower community groups, military family members, and quilters at any level to make patriotic quilts for special service members or to donate to honor a worthy Quilts of Valor recipient.

London, 1878. A secret gift. A deadly vision. A relentless hunt for the truth.

Electra Poole has spent much of her life hiding her abilities, fearing the same fate as her mother, who was labeled mad and locked away. But in order to survive on her own, she plays into London's obsession with spiritualism, offering carefully crafted séances to those desperate for answers. Yet when she foresees the death of a wealthy noblewoman and chooses to stay silent, the guilt is suffocating, and the danger is very real.

Lady Becknell is murdered that very night. And someone might know what Electra saw. While Scotland Yard's Detective Inspector Gideon Pierce, a man tied to her past and to the father she's never forgiven, is tasked with solving the case of Lady Becknell's murder, Electra can't help but do a bit of investigation of her own. She feels guilty for not warning Lady Becknell. But the killer is watching, and with each step closer to the truth, Electra fears that more lives hang in the balance.

To outwit a murderer, she must embrace the very gift she's always feared...before the killer claims their next victim.

Some games are just meant to be lost...

For triplets, Cortez, Colton, and Cobra Masters, when something happens to one, it starts a chain reaction with the other two. However, when Cortez falls in love and gets married, Colton and Cobra decide that's where the domino effect ends. Colton prefers short-term relationships. However, for Cobra, no-strings-attached affairs suit him just fine. Colton and Cobra are die-hard bachelors and masters of the game. But for how long?

What happens when they meet the women who are destined to master their hearts?

NOTE - You can read Cortez Masters and Victoria Bennett's story in THE BENNETTS' WEDDING.

A tantalizing novel about a struggling chocolatier who is granted a magical vision of the future of her dreams, only to realize that her heart may desire something else entirely, from the bestselling author of The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie.

Paris trained chocolatier and single mother Emmie Wynne gave up her own dreams six years ago when she returned to her Pacific Northwest coastal tourist town to run her family's struggling candy store. Now on her thirty-fourth birthday, Emmie has only one wish, to be granted the vision that every Wynne woman is given once in her lifetime--a shimmering glimpse of her true destiny. This year, when she blows out her candles, it finally comes true.

Her vision is more delectable than she could've imagined--her very own artisanal chocolate shop filled with decadent truffles and caramels, and her celebrity crush, Henry Summers, down on one knee. And when Henry suddenly arrives in town for the summer, offering Emmie the opportunity of a lifetime, the future in her vision suddenly seems possible.

But a rekindled connection with Jakob, her former high school best friend turned hunky, brooding tattooed baker, forces Emmie to grapple with the bittersweet realization that her destiny may not be what her heart truly longs for. As the culmination of her vision draws nearer, can Emmie find the courage to create a happiness of her own making?

When a sinister spirit invades an isolated community, three lives will be forever altered, in this dark gothic fantasy from the acclaimed author of At the Bottom of the Garden.

"Richly atmospheric and peopled with exquisitely delineated characters . . . the novel builds to a genuine shocker of an ending. Readers will be hooked."--Publishers Weekly
A rebellious young woman desperate to escape her predetermined life.

The handsome but married priest who has caught her eye.

And the resolute schoolteacher who values science above all.

In 1910, on a small, remote island that boasts more sheep than people, the fates of Charlotte North, Jasper Hill, and Ruth Russel are perched on the edge of a cliff, and a strange wind is blowing. . . .

When an ancient tower--rumored to have once imprisoned a witch--crumbles, it releases something powerful: a restless spirit that knocks inside the walls and sends household objects flying. A spirit that seems to be drawn to Charlotte, who sees in it a potential for power and change.

But first she must overcome Jasper's piety and Ruth's fierce determination to banish the terrifying entity. Only then will she gain the power to claim the life that she desires.

Celebrity gossip can cut to the quick, but when it turns deadly it's up to an aspiring reporter and her quirky neighbors to close the case in the first of a witty and nostalgic new mystery series.

Baby doll top, gladiator sandals, and fully loaded iPod at the ready: it's 2008 in Los Angeles, and Rachel West is a little less starry-eyed than your average ingenue. Copyediting a celeb gossip rag isn't the glossy entertainment journalism Rachel thought she would be doing but hey, it pays the bills. Some of them, anyway.

Rachel's life changes overnight after meeting Molly Byrne, a former child star and current tabloid fave for her drunken escapades and rotating cast of boyfriends, and what begins as a chance encounter in a nightclub bathroom quickly grows into a genuine friendship.

When Molly is found dead, Hollywood accepts her death as an overdose. But Rachel knows for a fact her friend was clean--and she's not alone in her suspicions that Molly was murdered.

With the help of a ragtag group of residents from her apartment building, a friendly paparazzo, and a handsome detective, Rachel must solve the mystery of Molly's death before she's written off for good.

Legendary bounty hunter Luke Jensen enlists the help of chuckwagon cook Dewey "Mac" McKenzie in a deadly manhunt--but ends up neck-deep in an even deadlier range war. . . .

JOHNSTONE COUNTRY. JUSTICE WITH A SIDE OF GUNFIRE.

Dewey "Mac" McKenzie doesn't have much of an appetite for bounty hunting. Before he was a cook, Mac had a price on his head--and bounty hunters on his tail. Nowadays, he'd much rather be stewing beef over an open fire than opening fire on another man. Then he met Luke Jensen, bounty hunter extraordinaire. As a favor to his new friend, Mac agrees to join Luke on the trail of a wanted fugitive. A trail that leads them deep into Oregon timber country--and smack dab in the middle of a brewing war . . .

The trouble starts in a saloon, a knuckle-busting brawl between the loggers from Pine Knob and some cowboys from a nearby ranch. When the ruckus turns bloody, Luke and Mac join the fray. Funny thing is, Luke takes the side of the ranchers while Mac teams up with the loggers. Which works out in their favor. By splitting up, they can now search for the fugitive in both groups at the same time. Mac steps in as the loggers' new cook, while Luke joins the cowboys at the Triangle 7 Ranch, where this feud first ignited--and is getting hotter by the day. For Luke and Mac, that means stepping out of the frying pan--and into the gunfire.

A hilarious contemporary fantasy about a junior sales witch stuck in corporate hell, who has to evade devilish pacts and her kickass, world-saving, demon-slaying mum to save a (surprisingly hot) demon, and work out how to hit her quarterly target.

Morgan Blackwater's mother is a kickass, world-saving, demon-slaying Shadow Council wizard. As for Morgan? Morgan's a junior salesperson at a tech startup that can't even decide what its product is. But with magic dyslexia and a disinclination to kick ass, Morgan is doing her best carving out a niche for herself in the mundane world.

Leaving work late one night, she discovers her boss dead from the effort of summoning a demon to trade his soul in order to make his quarterly target. The disturbingly-attractive demon, Lucareoth (Luke for short), is trapped here until he finds someone to sell their soul. While trying to sneak Luke out of the building, Morgan runs into her infamous mother. Apparently, someone has been summoning demons and she's here to get to the bottom of it.

Trying to protect Luke from her mother, Morgan gets sucked into the Infernal Plane and discovers hell really is a corporate nightmare. She only gets back home with a promise to deliver a human soul of her own. While her coworkers are really annoying, she's not willing to sacrifice their souls. The company's tech bro CEO, though, is another story.

With Caitlin Rozakis's signature wit, STARTUP HELL is a contemporary fantasy that exposes the demonic nature of the corporate world.

Two women are cursed to be mortal enemies, despite their love for each other, in this queer, fantastical novel by Annie Mare.

In the lead-up to the Salem witch trials, a desperate man made a deal with the devil--a deal that would drag two families down with him. Now, over 400 years later, the Steadfasts and the Prynnes remain caught in a curse that sentences both families to an existence of rigid rules, torturous consequences, and half-lives.

Lucy Prynne and Ashes Steadfast are the latest to take on the mantle of this centuries-old deal: Lucy, born to try to reap the souls of the hopeful; and Ashes, born to stop Lucy, no matter the cost. But before they inherited their respective curses, it sure felt like Ash's purpose was Lucy. Her best friend, her closest confidant, her true love.

Ash knows the rules. She keeps her head down, her emotions in check, and she fights Lucy, no matter the personal cost. They are doomed to an incessant battle between good and bad, self-righteous and carnal.

Or so Ash thinks. But when she resists her instincts to fight Lucy and finally starts to fight the curse instead, she realizes there might just be a way to end this once and for all. If not in this timeline, then the next. As generational secrets begin to unravel, Ashes and Lucy join forces against the true threat that has haunted their families for centuries, even if it costs them their lives--and their love.

AI can write the code. You still need to know what it does.

You're already good at Excel. But you're tired of the copy/paste, the helper columns, and the brittle formulas that break when someone adds a row. You want automation, and whether you write the code yourself or let AI generate it, you need to understand what's actually running your business processes.

Automate Excel with Python teaches you to build real workflows, step-by-step. You'll read messy workbooks into pandas dataframes, filter and reshape data without helper columns, merge sources without silent VLOOKUP failures, and export polished results with formatting intact. A capstone chapter ties it together: import a multi-tab workbook, generate exception reports, and email the results--all from one script you run with a single click.

You'll learn how to:

• Read existing Excel files you already use into Python, even the messy ones
• Replace daily copy/paste routines with reusable scripts
• Merge and match data across sources with auditable results
• Handle dates, times, and the edge cases that break formulas
• Export from Python to Excel with column widths, number formats, and frozen panes intact
• Build workflows that run daily without babysitting

AI can write the code. This book makes sure you're the one in control of it.

Iruma's next challenge: go undercover at a black market auction?!

Shocking news of a traitor scurrying around within the Babel mafia syndicate puts Kalego on the hunt for the rat. Meanwhile, Iruma finds out where Clara's little brother Urala is being kept, and decides to go all in on his most dangerous operation yet: an undercover mission at a black market auction!!

From internationally bestselling author LJ Ross comes the second book in the gripping Alexander Gregory Series--a fast-paced thriller set amidst the spectacular Parisian landscape laced with murder, mystery, and a chilling dark humor.

In a beautiful world, murder is always ugly...

Recently returned from his last case in Ireland, elite forensic psychologist and criminal profiler Dr. Alexander Gregory receives a call from the French police he can't ignore. It's Paris Fashion Week, and some of the world's most beautiful women are turning up dead--each killed in a frenzy, their faces slashed as the world's press looks on.

Amid the carnage, one victim survives--but she's too traumatized to speak. Without her testimony, the police are powerless to stop the killer before he strikes again. Can Gregory unlock the secrets buried in her mind before it's too late?

Murder, beauty, and obsession collide in this fast-paced psychological thriller set against the glittering, dangerous backdrop of Paris.

Learn to transform affordable yarn into creative gifts, accessories, and home décor!

Professional crafter, content creator, and color lover Sarah Freeman teaches how to make 30 bright and beautiful yarn crafts using simple techniques and easy-to-find materials. From statement wreaths and pom-pom plants to holiday garlands, wall hangings, and playful fashion accessories, readers will learn how to create trendy pieces that look store-bought but are way better--because they made them!

The book begins with an accessible overview of yarn and tutorials for making pom-poms and tassels, then moves on to 30 projects. Each project is presented with step-by-step instruction and can be completed within a single crafting session.

Whether they're decorating their home, creating with their kids, or carving out time for themselves, this book is an invitation to readers to join the handmade movement and fall in love with what yarn can do.

Stay active and strengthen your balance at every age with chair yoga for seniors!

Keeping ourselves in motion becomes even more important as we age. This guide for seniors makes it easy to stay stronger for longer with safe and simple chair yoga! Step-by-step instructions and helpful illustrations explain how to improve flexibility, strengthen balance, and help relieve aches and pains with poses and routines that you can do from a chair in just 10 minutes.

A 3-part plan--Learn the essential components of chair yoga, practice 40 individual poses, then put it all together with 25 routines that focus on all parts of the body.

All you need is a chair--Chair yoga is a great way for anyone to start exercising anywhere--no gym membership or special equipment required!

Boost overall well-being--Discover how staying active gives you the confidence and independence to stick with your favorite activities and build endurance for new adventures.

Customize your workout--No matter your age or current fitness level, these exercises can be simplified or expanded to work for you.

Keep your body moving with 10-Minute Chair Yoga Exercises for Seniors. And continue your fitness journey with the other books in the series: 10-Minute Strength Training Exercises for Seniors and 5-Minute Core Exercises for Seniors.

From Victoria Wilder comes the final book in a small-town romantic suspense series with all the steam, drama, and banter you could ask for, perfect for fans of Paisley Hope, Catherine Cowles, and Elsie Silver.

In Fiasco, Kentucky, there is one rule: never fall for a Foxx brother.

It isn't just small-town lore or neighborhood gossip--I've witnessed what happens when the men in my family get too comfortable and fall. And maybe that's history now, but the responsibility to lead our family business and maintain our standing as the world's most sought-after Kentucky bourbon is on my shoulders. Few others know the lengths I'll go to ensure the safety of my business and family. Blurring morals and manipulating rules are all just part of the game.

There's only one problem: Hadley Finch. My brother's best friend, Fiasco's small-town princess, an honorary part of my family, the daughter of a deplorable businessman--she's the woman I swore to stay away from in a bargain I never wanted to make, and now . . . she's my wife.

Hadley's wild attitude and smart mouth have always been impossible to ignore. She's the only person who pushes every last shred of my resolve. When she peels off her clothes, shares her desires, and uses a nickname that will be my undoing, the chaos that led us here falls away.

There are a decade's worth of secrets and lies between us, but if we can both get what we want--I'll keep Foxx Bourbon, and she can escape the fallout from her father's sins--then none of that matters.

Before she was mine, I was fine protecting her from afar. It's never been about a happy ending or being her hero, but now, I crave both. Call it the Foxx curse or penance for my sins, but when all of it explodes and the lives of those I love are threatened, there are only two things I have left to bargain with: bourbon and proof.

A revised edition of the official Barbie sewing book, featuring 50 stunning garments, all with full-size templates and easy-to-follow sewing instructions!

Perhaps Barbie wants to be President today? Or a doctor, dancer or gardener? Or maybe she is looking for the right outfit for the beach, a walk in the park or a slumber party? Find her dream wardrobe within this book...

The official Barbie sewing book, featuring 50 stunning garments, all with full-size templates and easy-to-follow sewing instructions!

• Sew Barbie this cute wardrobe of 50 stylish garments. Sew clothes for every day: jeans and a tie-waist shirt for a picnic in the country, a fleecy jumper and trousers for skiing, a jersey onesie for a sleepover or dungarees for DIY. Or create outfits for special occasions, such as a floral cocktail dress, A-line wedding dress or a formal lacy dress for the theatre.
• The projects contain step-by-step instructions and real-size patterns for petite, curvy, tall or original Barbie.
• The techniques used are simple and the outfits can be sewn by hand or on the machine.
• These are ideal projects for upcycling old clothes or making use of scraps of fabric from your stash.

This book is the English translation of the French original, and the content is taken from two previously published books: Sewing Clothes for Barbie (9781782215974, 2017) and The Barbie Boutique (9781782218661, 2021).