Carol Dines

These stories explore the complexities of contemporary family life with a fine balance of humor and insight. This Distance We Call Love takes its title, from the interwoven themes of connection and disconnection in our most, intimate relationships: sisters battle issues of duty and obligation, when one sister becomes homeless, a mother and daughter take a trip to Mexico, only to be followed by the daughter's stalker; a family living in Rome must contend...

Carly Tabor thought she'd buried her gift with Freddy Richards, the orphan child whose remains were discovered in her King Street home two centuries after his murder. Her ability to communicate with the dead, especially deceased children, originally presented itself when the restless spirit of the child and three others haunted her home. Her new job as an investigative reporter for the local television station calls into question her idyllic lifestyle. When...

No one wants to celebrate Christmas this year. Not Ella McKendrick, who, on the cusp of success as a potter, is tasked with her husband's company party on too-short notice. She gives up her first pottery sale to pitch in, but the joy of the season is diminished. Not Gertie Wycliffe, Ella's mom, a new widow who is doing everything she can to avoid her first Christmas alone. No one understands the grief and terror she feels-maybe because the...

The author of the best-selling, 30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary, Dan Strutzel now puts his focus on communicating successfully in the business world! Business is just like any sector or topic with its own language, customs, codes, and terminologies. Different aspects of business can have their own distinctive terminology, which can also overlap, For instance, words and phrases from the realm of sales can also apply to management or finance...