St. Valentine's Day is approaching, and residents of Tallulah Falls, Oregon, are in a romantic frame of mind. One blushing bride has commissioned Marcy Singer to embellish her mother's vintage wedding gown with jewels for her Valentine's Day wedding. Marcy is delighted - until she turns out to be a bridezilla-to-be. Then the future mother-in-law is found stabbed to death outside Marcy's shop on her way to deliver the jewels, and some of them are missing....

"Trixie Nguyen is determined to make her sex toy business a success, proving to her traditional Vietnamese parents that she can succeed in a nontraditional career. She's made a fresh start in Washington DC, and her first pop-up event is going well--until she runs into the ex who dumped her. With a Post-it note. The last person Andre Walker expected to see in his soul food restaurant was the woman he left behind in New Orleans. Their chemistry is still...

"Ice cream shop owner Bronwyn Crewse is in for two scoops of murder in this charming mystery from Abby Collette. Chagrin Falls, Ohio, is gorgeous in the spring, and Bronwyn Crewse, owner of Crewse Creamery, knows just how to welcome the rising temperature. At the annual Memorial Day Weekend Blossom Time Festival, residents will get a chance to ride hot-air balloons and carnival attractions, crown a new Blossom Time Queen, and eat delicious frozen...

The best-known educator of the 20th century was a scammer in cashmere. "The most famous reading teacher in the world," as television hosts introduced her, Evelyn Wood had little classroom experience, no degrees in reading instruction, and a background that included work at a Mormon mission in Germany at a time when the church was cooperating with the Third Reich. Nevertheless, a nation spooked by Sputnik and panicked by paperwork eagerly embraced...

"Melissa Bernstein, mother of six, married 30 years, and founder of toy company Melissa & Doug, shares her ... journey, [her poetry] and the LifeLines that enabled her to triumph over anxiety, depression, and despair"--Page 4 of cover.

A biography of Sarah Breedlove Walker who, though born in poverty, pioneered in hair and beauty care products for black women, and became a great financial success.

"Peaches Monroe and Jamie Hunt are core members of their Texas friend squad and have so much in common. They're successful at their careers in personal care. They take Austin's "Keep It Weird" vibe to heart, each leaning into their own unique talents and sense of style. And they're both ready to go on to even bigger things. Is pushing past the boundaries of friendship into something deeper one of them? The red-hot fantasy is there...but so is real...

"Fifty years ago The Feminine Mystique uncovered the hidden world of the unhappy 50's housewife. In The Millionaire Mystique EAP psychologist Jude Miller Burke looks at today's self-made female millionaires and how they successfully manage career and family life. What can struggling women learn from them? Miller Burke backs up her findings using results from a study of millionaire women"--

"Sela Gordon, the shy owner of a Tennessee general store, finds safety in solitude. But if anyone can pierce her protective shell it's the handsome, mysterious ex-military man living alone in the wilds of Cove Mountain. For two years, he's kept his distance - until the day he appears to warn her that a catastrophic solar storm capable of taking down the power grid is coming. Now, Sela must find the courage to become the leader Wears Valley needs....

"This indelible romance begins with a daring conceit--that the author's grandfather may have had an affair with Lucille Ball. Strauss offers a fresh view of a celebrity America loved more than any other. Lucille Ball--the most powerful woman in the history of Hollywood--starred in America's first big-time interracial marriage. She owned more movie sets than did any movie studio. And she more or less single-handedly created the modern TV business....