A guide of alternatives to traditional funerals, commemorating lost loved ones in a meaningful, personal way. Today, many people are forgoing the trappings and timeworn rituals of typical funerals, and are instead opting to celebrate their loved ones' lives. With careful planning, services like these can truly honor the person who has died-and both comfort and uplift those who attend. Celebrating a Life offers sensitive guidance on every detail-venue,...

"Karol Charles does not have time for ghosts. It's Christmas Eve and she's at the office. Sure, her kids thought she'd be making cookies with them back at home, but this is important. This is what it means to 'have it all.' Then, a familiar cough from the adjacent room jolts her out of her work. It can't be possible. Marley is dead. She has been for years. With Marley's death, Karol is now running their law firm by herself. But she still strives to...

Trouble is brewing in the realms beyond the rainbow … Kitsuneko has always done her best to honor her duty. As a young fox-cat changeling, she was conscripted into slavery by King Dario and Queen Arianna of Toulacoeur to serve as the surrogate for Princess Cari, their daughter who was kidnapped seventeen years ago. But when Kiro, Cari's younger brother and the heir to the throne, proclaims his love for her, Kitsuneko is torn between her duty to...