Books published by publisher Short on Time Books

A small-town mystery novella with a dash of romance and a few ghosts.When Max Elliot invites Izzy Grant to a fancy Ivy League alumni reception at the Tawnee Mountain Resort, the ghost hunters anticipate a romantic weekend getaway at the premier ski and golf destination. But when wealthy hotelier Leona Hutton is murdered, and her ghost asks Izzy to find her killer, she and Max decide to investigate. Will Izzy and Max solve the case before more alumni end up dead, or the killer turns the tables and decides to hunt the ghost hunters? Leona's Last Resort is a part of the Tawnee Mountain Mysteries series, a collection of seven brand new mysteries, from seven award-winning and bestselling authors, taking place at the same final destination, the Tawnee Mountain Resort. Leona's Last Resort features ghost hunters, Izzy Grant and Max Elliot, from the Izzy & Max Paranormal Mystery series. Each book in this multi-author series is a standalone novella, and the series can be read in any order. The Tawnee Mountain Mysteries series includes:Leona's Last Resort by Karen M. BrysonDark Side of the Mountain by R.J. RosatteDeadly Reception by Karen RandauBlack Diamond Graves by Wendy FallonDeadly Misfire by Laurie FagenCassidy's Deadly Exit by Marla J. HayesThe Quinnipiac Disappearance by Lee Tidball

Tommy Klopt is cunning and clever. Of course, he's a pirate. The 12-year-old, along with his brothers, Connor and Dillon, begin a life at sea when their distraught father, Hoody, hits hard times. After a couple of years of smooth sailing as Robin Hood-type pirates, the family encounters a typhoon in the form of 400-year-old pirate ghost, Francois l'Olonnais. To force Tommy to complete a task, l'Olonnais captures Hoody. In a race against time to free him, the boys go up against real pirates and the FBI. But even if they can save their father, will l'Olonnais, the most evil pirate in history, really hold up his end of the bargain?

Never trust a future President! Twelve-year-old Max Mooney is a sculpture's apprentice in the 1860s. His boss is working on a statue of Abraham Lincoln. When Max breaks one of the hands, he hides his mistake and decides to replace it before anyone notices. All he has to do is find Mr. Lincoln and re-cast his hand. Unfortunately, Max finds Mr. Lincoln on the day he's been elected to run for President. Half the city is at his house celebrating. The only way Max can privately talk to Lincoln is with the help of his young sons, Willie amd Tad, but they may be harder to trust than a future President!

The whole country thinks Meagan Masters is the luckiest teenager in the world - she's the President's daughter. But Meagan feels like she's given up her entire life for her dad's political ambitions…No more! Meagan throws the ultimate tantrum - with her boyfriend at her side, she takes over the White House, only to end up having to defend the People's House when it's invaded. Those terrorists send in their number one weapon: the President's double…and Meagan has him in her sights. Just one problem - he is the real President come to rescue Meagan, their relationship…and possibly the White House. What will history books say about this night?

Tommy Klopt and his family are starting fresh on the straight and narrow. With their new crew member, Cosette, who they saved from a sea witch, the Klopts are building a life in New England. The ever-present ghost pirate, Francois l'Olonnais, has grown quite a reputation in the ghostly realm since meeting the family. He's garnered respect for acquiring a new crew of mortals, the Klopt family, at his beck and call. Jealousy and greed have not escaped those serving their time in limbo, and unlike l'Olonnais, these pirates seek to control the Klopts to satisfy their desire for power and treasure. The crew of the Whispering Sands has a plan to release l'Olonnais' hold on the Klopts and mark the family for themselves.

After the Klopt's square their debt with pirate ghost Jacques Mignard, they are left with a new crew member, Cosette, and a debt owed to a sea witch, Volange that brings them to Scotland. Pirate ghost François l'Olonnais, always with a watchful eye over Tommy, decides to lend the family a hand for their next quest. He enlists the help of a Scottish pirate ghost, Captain Red Boots. Working in a time crunch, with two new crew members that don't see eye to eye, and avoiding Volange's powerful brother who wants to stop them, the Klopt family is in for more than their share of rough seas. Will Tommy save the day again or has he finally met his match?

For two years, twelve-year-old Tommy Klopt, his dad, Hoody, and his two brothers, Connor and Dillon, sailed the seas as Robin Hood-type pirates. After meeting, and almost getting killed, by a pirate from the 1600s turned evil ghost, Francois l'Olonnais, the family decides to head back to land and start over. Life on land turns out badly for the family, and they set sail once again. It isn't long before l'Olonnais returns and brings a fellow ghost pirate, Captain Jacques Mignard with him. Mignard needs a mortal's help to retrieve his girlfriend, Cosette, and he heard Tommy can get the job done. Besides a time crunch, the biggest obstacle is a spiteful and tricky sea witch, Volange.

With everything from Achilles' heel to Pythagoras' theorem, from Oedipus and his complex to Margaret Thatcher and Thucydides, this book aims to unlock the richness of the Greek world and show just how profoundly it has informed our own. Consider the way we think: about right and wrong, about the nature of beauty, goodness, and truth. What, in the end, it is to be a human being amid the immensity of the universe. All this, and more, we have learned from the ancient Greeks. They moulded the basic disciplines and genres in which we still organise thought: from poetry to drama, from politics to philosophy and history to medicine. Packed with useful cribs - history timelines; a who's who; a guide to the Greek gods; a map for those who struggle to know their Lemnos from their Lesbos - It's All Greek To Me is a bluffer's guide in one sense, that will give you a helping hand around Greek democracy, the Persian Wars, or the Parthenon. But it is much more than that; it is a book that aims to bring ancient Greece back into the mainstream of life - where it belongs.

Would you agree to be someone's mistress if he promised to pay your student loans?Rose Collins is a recent art school graduate with overwhelming student loan debt and no way to pay it.Jae Rothko is a wealthy and renowned artist who doesn't have the time or patience for a real relationship.Jae joins The Club so he can have one woman when he wants and how he wants with no attachments and no expectations.Falling in love is never part of the deal.Until Jae meets Rose.BLACK DOG NIGHTS was originally published as a serial novel in three parts. This NEW EDITION is the COMPLETE FULL-LENGTH novel with no cliff-hanger and an HEA. Each novel in the spicy, hot CLUB series can be read as a stand-alone or as part of the series.

"A masterfully told story with characters that have depth and purpose. Giana and Kil Joi and the rest of the cast sparkle at every turn. I did not want the story to end." Amazon reviewer Nur-zai looked down at the girl that sat in her drug-induced sleep next to him in the hovercraft. "Who is she, Captain?" he asked. Kil-Joi's eyes moved from the carnage below to the girl and back again, over and over. "I don't know, Nur-zai Gin. I got no bloody idea." And so Kil-Joi, the notorious human trafficker, and Nur-zai Gin, his eccentric Head Jailer, begin probing to discover what it is about a nondescript Earth girl named Giana, who uses a wheelchair no less, that has been hidden from them by Giana's buyer, Danizen Jin-soon, the loathsome son of the Rulers of their home world of Ty-lo.But as they delve deeper into the mystery that is Giana, each becomes shockingly aware that this "girl in the rolling chair" is a person far more important than either could possibly have imagined. From a bloody street-gang conflict over a Los Angeles neighborhood to a devious power struggle on their home world, they realize that Giana just might be the legendary nexus that links both worlds in one colossal conflict rife with intergalactic consequences.The Lost Princess is a companion/prequel to Lee Tidball's The Quinnipiac Disappearance.

Dr Michael Mosley, author of the best-selling 5:2 Fast Diet, reveals a game-changing approach to one of the greatest silent epidemics of our time - raised blood sugar levels. The food we eat today, high in sugar and easily digestible carbohydrates, is not only making us fat but is putting us at risk of type 2 diabetes, strokes, dementia, cancer and a lifetime on medication. More than a third of adults in the UK now have raised blood sugar levels and most don't know it. In this timely book, Dr Mosley explains why we pile on dangerous abdominal fat and shows us how to shed it - fast. He demolishes common myths, such as the claim that steady weight loss is always better than rapid weight loss and that those who lose weight rapidly will inevitably put it back on. This is a book not just for those at highest risk but for anyone who has struggled with their weight and wants to regain control of their health. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

“Remember the words of Ivan Rogers the next time you hear some plausible posh boy in a suit telling you ‘no deal’ wouldn’t hurt at all and might even be a jolly good thing.” J.K. RowlingTwo and a half years after Britain voted to leave the European Union, the political debate over Brexit seems as intense and as complicated as ever. Who and what can we trust? And how on earth do we make sense of it all?Ivan Rogers, the UK’s former ambassador to the EU, is uniquely placed to tell some home truths about the failure of the British political class and the flaws, dishonesty and confusion inherent in the UK’s approach to Brexit so far.In this short, elegant essay, Rogers draws up nine lessons that we, as a soon-to-be ‘third country’, need to learn from the last few years, if the next few years – indeed the next decade – are not to be even more painful.