When living forever can be a choice, creating a legacy becomes a passion. Jean and Spence Collins step out of the corporate mainstream-and right into a world of magic after they make an innocent purchase at an estate sale. And their lives are about to go from ordinary to extraordinary. After thirty-two years in the corporate grind, Jean and Spence Collins are ready for a magical time-out when they move back to Portland, Oregon. And that's what they get when Jean buys an old chest at the estate sale of Mary Coulter, an elderly widow. Hidden inside the chest is an ancient eighteen-inch piece of...

The magic started in STITCHES and blossoms in BRUSHES, the second installment of the Collinses' quest to transform their lives from ordinary to extraordinary as they sleuth their way toward retirement. The power of art makes big waves for Jean and Spence Collins. With the magic of the ancient fabric still inside of them, the Collinses make their first visit to their newly inherited B&B in Richmond, Virginia. While there, Jean becomes obsessed with a small painting called The Dancing Boy. She says the painting speaks to her-and it really does It has secrets to tell, and so do members of the...

When living forever is a choice, making the most of today becomes a passion. Creating a legacy isn't easy. More than magic is needed for Jean and Spence Collins to pull it off. Their baby boomer instincts tell them to get cracking; the countdown has begun for the jazz festival to celebrate the opening of Spence's vintage record store in downtown Milwaukie, Oregon. The arrival of two elderly jazz musicians changes the game.Legs Flanders and Wheezy Beevers have come to play the grand finale-and to steal the show. Only Legs can breathe life into the legendary harmonica once owned by Muddy...

The Dushane sisters are back Courtney Pierce brings us the second entry of this hilarious and poignant trilogy of three sisters who dig into their family dirt. What they find is sibling love, laughter, and tears. Television interviews can be tricky. When best-selling author Olivia Novak is asked to appear on a New York talk show for her new book, The Executrix, she isn't prepared for the invitation to include her two middle-age sisters, Lauren and Danny, and also Danny's spoiled therapy dog, Pogo. If the trip from Portland, Oregon, isn't enough of a fiasco, the interview becomes a...