Best Selling Books by Mary Burton

This \"commonplace book developed out of a painter''s experience of light and silence, timelessness and infinity\" is illustrated with nineteen of the author''s watercolors expressing the central theme of the meditations. These are grouped into themes--painting and prayer; infinity; enlightenment; darkness; stillness and listening; unseen light and so on--with well-chosen quotations linked by Mary Burton''s texts. A book that can be read in an hour and give pleasure for years.

Fire can destroy the past. It can also uncover secrets in this novel of searing suspense by New York Times bestselling author Mary Burton. Ten years ago as an undergrad, Joan Mason escaped an arsonist''s fire. Shaken, she fled the small collegiate Montana town, leaving behind friends and not looking back. Now a Philadelphia homicide detective, Joan''s trying to put her traumas to rest. It''s not easy. Elijah Weston, the classmate who torched her house, is out of prison and returning to Missoula. Gut instinct tells Joan he''ll strike again. To stop him, she must return to the past as well. To face not only the man she fears but Detective Gideon Bailey, too. The man she loved and left behind. When a local woman dies tragically in another fire, it can''t be a coincidence. Can it be Elijah? He has a solid alibi for the night of the blaze. Reunited by the tragedy, Joan and Gideon have their doubts. So does Gideon''s sister, Ann--Joan''s old college roommate. The investigation draws Joan and Gideon together, but it also sends them down a dangerous path--into a troubling history that Joan, Elijah, and Ann all share. As more lives go up in flames in Missoula, this town''s secrets are just beginning to rise from the ashes.

For a woman obsessed and a killer in her shadow, remembering the past becomes a mind game in a novel of psychological suspense by New York Times bestselling author Mary Burton. Twin sisters Marisa and Clare Stockton were sixteen when Clare''s body was found in Virginia''s James River. No arrests were made. Fourteen years later, Marisa''s friends and dedicated career as a photographer help her to cope with the open wound of the past. But Marisa still feels the hurt--and the unsolved murder isn''t the only thing haunting her. A recent car crash has erased ten days of Marisa''s memories--a black hole leading up to the accident that''s left her disoriented. Every text and phone call from that crucial missing time has vanished, along with her phone. A photograph she took of the river has disappeared. A new neighbor Marisa believes she knows introduces himself as if he were a stranger. And there''s the growing fear that her near-fatal accident was no accident at all. As dreams of Clare and nightmares of the crash begin to converge, so do two disturbing puzzles fourteen years apart. Putting the pieces together could be fatal. As she struggles to remember everything, Marisa closes in on a killer--without realizing that he''s already closed in on her.

In Transition is drawn from the brilliant seminar that has helped more than a thousand Harvard MBAs advance their careers. For the past ten years Mary Burton and Kick Wedemeyer have conducted their personal seminar on career management for the Harvard Business School Club of New York, helping more than a thousand Harvard Business School graduates advance their careers and enhance their lives. With In Transition, the expertise of these two seasoned career consultants is finally available to all managers not completely satisfied with their jobs and life situations. In Transition offers a new perspective and proven guidance to all managers. It will help you to: Locate, evaluate, and obtain the most satisfying job possible Understand what you really want out of your career Access all your options, including a new job in the same field, a new career direction, or enhancement of your effectiveness in your current situation Apply the business skills you already possess to your job search Integrate your personal and professional life

Meet sixtyone-year-old vodou priestess, convicted black widow serial killer and cop killer, Beatrice Belladonna. She is a death row inmate housed at The Federal Medical Center, Carswell, Texas, and is five months shy of her scheduled execution date. Seeking notoriety after death, Beatrice accepts A&E Networks request for a televised interview. During this six-hour interview, she reveals her life story which includes being sexually abused as a child by her stepfather and abandoned at the age of sixteen by her mother. Consequently, it is no surprise that Beatrice evolved into a sociopathic black widow serial killer at a very young age, eighteen. On camera, she coldly confesses to murdering all of her subsequent lovers for profi t and states that after their deaths, she felt absolutely no remorse, only sheer elation. Naturally, being a vodou priestess has its advantages when it comes to cold-blooded murder. Find out how Beatrice used her vodou black magic powers to kill her lovers and how she managed to elude arrest by the police for over thirty years! Beatrice Belladonnas bizarre and macabre life story is truly remarkable and one that will not soon be forgotten.

THREE RUGGED WESTERN MEN THREE COURAGEOUS LADIES THREE FESTIVE TALES TO WARM THE HEART THIS CHRISTMAS! Rocky Mountain Christmas by Jillian Hart Summoned on a dangerously snowy night to deal with two stowaways, Sheriff Mac McKaslin discovers they are none other than a homeless young widow—Carrie Montgomery—and her baby. But will the sheriff send them out into the cold…or find a warm place for them in his heart? The Christmas Gifts by Kate Bridges When Sergeant James Fielder arrives with a baby on his sled, he turns to Maggie Greerson for help. This special interlude allows Maggie to fulfill her secret dream of having a child—and explore the attraction that has always drawn her to James…. The Christmas Charm by Mary Burton Determined to prevent her younger sister from marrying the wrong man, widow Colleen Garland enlists the help of her onetime love, Keith Garrett. Will their rescue mission finally lead them on the road to true love?

When the body of Greer Templeton''s ex-boyfriend is found hanged near her vineyard, Texas Ranger Tec Bragg initially suspects Greer, but soon realizes that a killer is targeting people connected to a center for troubled teens.

On a cold winters night at a federal prison in East Texas, sixty-one year old Beatrice Belladonna Harlow, a sociopath, voodoo priestess, and convicted black widow serial killer on death row, is brutality murdered in her cell by two prison guards and her body secretly buried in the prisons cemetery. Beatrices murder initiated an eerie and dark chain of events. In life she was a voodoo priestess; therefore, she will live foreverthat is her bestowed legacy. Yes, this voodoo priestess will indeed live forever, but not in her fleshy, earthly body, but as a spirit, an entity. Beatrices legacy is dependent upon one thing: another living human being, a host. Immediately upon death, her entity must enter the body of her chosen host. Thereafter, that unfortunate soul no longer has control of his thoughts or actions. And if that isnt bad enough, a shocking physical metamorphosis takes place. Years earlier, while sitting on death row, awaiting her execution, Beatrice used her time wisely. She had nothing but time; therefore, she spent countless hours planning every detail of her afterlife. She chose as her host her estranged, thankless, thirty-three-year-old adopted daughter, Lola Marie. Thus, the night Beatrice was killed, Lola Marie was awakened from a deep sleep by a very bright yellow light floating over her bed. This bright yellow light was her mothers spirit. In utter horror and unable to prevent what happened next, she watched that bizarre, bright yellow light enter her body. At first Lola Marie thought she was dreaming, but that was not the case. Her mothers dark entity had just entered and taken control of her mind and soul. She was now possessed. In the blink of an eye, Lola Marie unwillingly became her deceased mothers evil puppet and is forced to perform bloody, vengeful, heinous acts for her, even murder. To ensure her daughters compliance, Beatrice uses an extremely painful but unique control mechanism, a tattoo. Lola Marie quickly finds herself trapped in her dead mothers evil web with little hope of escape. Against all odds, can she find a way to free herself from her dead mothers voodoo clutches? And if so, at what cost to her? With a plot full of unexpected twists and turns, this high-energy, action-packed paranormal thriller will undoubtedly leave the reader spellbound and craving for more!

A homicide detective in the dark. A serial killer on the loose. Both have their obsessions in a nerve-twisting novel of suspense by New York Times bestselling author Mary Burton. Austin homicide detective Jordan Poe is hunting a serial killer she fears is the same man who assaulted her sister, Avery, two years ago. The details line up: the victims are the same age, same type, dead by the same grim MO. Luckily Avery survived. But the terrible memories linger, making Jordan more determined than ever to stop this monster in his tracks. Texas Ranger Carter Spencer isn''t one to poach on a detective''s territory. Yet no matter how resentful a capable lone wolf like Jordan is, when she is attacked at a third crime scene and suffers a trauma that leaves her with limited vision, it''s up to Carter to help Jordan navigate a world she no longer recognizes. He needs her instinct, her experience, and her fearless resolve to crack this case. A case that''s about to get even darker. A stranger is watching. He''s closing in on his ultimate prey. And no one but the killer can see what''s coming.

\"15 April 2016 marked 20 years since the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) hearings began. The TRC was set up to give an opportunity for perpetrators of human rights transgressions to come clean about the atrocities that happened during those evil days of apartheid. Sadly, only half of the truth came to the fore. Many families still do not know what happened to their loved ones. There are few people better placed than Mary Burton to write about the TRC, having been one of its Commissioners. Burton''s pocket book provides an informed account from the inside of the process and workings of the TRC and a measured and balanced assessment of its outcomes and significance. Even at the time of its existence, the TRC came in for criticism from a variety of quarters: both the African National Congress and ex-President F.W. de Klerk took legal action to challenge or prevent the publication of the Commission''s report; however, the Commission also fulfilled a vital and important role in the transition from apartheid to democracy, and it has become a model for other countries wishing to undertake similar journeys to deal with past atrocities and come to some kind of national resolution, reconciliation or closure.\"--Publisher''s website.

A Hero''s Kiss by Diana Palmer\Judith Stacy\Mary Burton released on Nov 24, 2003 is available now for purchase.

This local guide is the ultimate step-by-step tool for planning q wedding. Featuring over 500 local wedding related businesses including: venues, photographers, caterers, florists, musicians and much more. Each page lists vital details, thus brides call it their Bridal Bible. The Guide has been an invaluable resource since 1989, helping brides and grooms from their engagement to their honeymoon.

Christmas Gold by Cheryl St.John\Elizabeth Lane\Mary Burton released on Sep 24, 2002 is available now for purchase.

Counselling People with Cancer Mary Burton and Maggie Watson Counselling People with Cancer is a practical ''how to'' book written by two eminent psychologists with many years of hands-on experience in helping patients and their families face, and overcome, the many psychological problems associated with cancer. The book is intended primarily for health care professionals in regular contact with cancer patients and whose work involves a counselling element. It will also be of interest to carers in a broader sense who ask themselves, ''How can I help with the emotional side of dealing with cancer?'' The book explains in clear and practical terms what to look and listen for and how to respond to the psychological needs of cancer patients and their families at different stages of the disease from the ''bad news'' interview to coping with the disease and its treatment, facing common communication problems, and dealing with family issues and sexual problems. A comprehensive survey of counselling is presented with discussion of the three mainstream models of counselling - psychodynamic, humanistic and cognitive-behavioural. The final chapter deals with professional issues and offers practical suggestions for setting up a counselling service. Psychologists, psychotherapists, oncologists and nurses will find this book an indispensable guide for helping patients and their families to cope with the difficult experience of cancer.

NICHTS WIRD AN DICH ERINNERN ... Nur einen Haufen blank polierter Knochen – mehr lässt ein Serienkiller nicht von seinen Opfern übrig. Detective Malcolm Kier hat den sadistischen Arzt Dr. James Dixon im Verdacht, der dank seiner Anwältin Angie Carlson jedoch bisher immer freigesprochen wurde. Aber dann gerät auch Angie ins Visier des Killers – und Kier steht mit seinen Ermittlungen wieder ganz am Anfang. Und immer mehr Knochenvon jungen Frauen werden in Virginia gefunden ... “Bei diesem Thriller läuft es dem Leser eiskalt den Rücken hinunter! (Library Journal) New-York-Times-Bestseller-Autorin DEUTSCHE ERSTAUSGABE

Forensic artist Jenna Thompson returns to Nashville, where she helps Detective Rick Morgan identify the remains of a young child that is linked to a recent spate of killings and to the brutal murder of her family decades earlier.

From New York Times bestselling author Mary Burton, a chilling new thriller in which a serial killer obsessed with the occult plays judge, jury, and executioner.

\"When a woman is found dead with the same number of stab wounds that veterinarian Leah Carson''s ex-husband gave her, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation agent Alex Morgan suspects that Leah''s ex is still alive and targeting her,\"--NoveList.

Forensic psychologist and single mother Ann Bailey has joined forces with Montana Highway Patrol officer Bryce McCabe. An expert in untangling the motives of depraved minds, Ann is tasked to help solve the mystery of two murdered women doused with gasoline and set aflame. The deeper Ann and Bryce''s investigation goes, the nearer they get to each other and to danger. After another murder hits close to home, Ann fears a clue is hidden in her own past. Only one thing terrifies her more than the reveal of a long-held secret. It''s that the secret itself has put Ann into a killer''s line of fire.

‘Fast paced, twisty and unpredictable. I couldn''t put this book down, I devoured it in one sitting and it kept me guessing right until the end.’ – NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The chase is on in this utterly suspenseful and unputdownable mystery from New York Times bestselling author Mary Burton.

‘What a scorcher of a thriller! I was sucked in from the very first page and I couldn''t put it down!’ – NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ An unsolved mystery ignites a deadly game of chess in this scorching thriller from New York Times bestselling author Mary Burton.

In book one Rebecca contemplates how to end her twenty year loveless marriage to her abusive but very wealthy husband, Marcus. During a home invasion, Marcus is brutally assaulted and after remains of an American male matching his description are found in the Mexican desert, he is presumed dead. In this sequel, Rebecca believing Marcus is dead and she and her two children are finally free from his abuse, attempts to settle his estate and move on with her life. She subsequently moves out of Marcus''s lavish mansion and while unpacking her belongings at her new residence rediscovers the storage unit key she found hidden in his bedroom at the mansion. What she finds stashed in Marcus''s secret storage unit is both ghastly as well as pleasantly surprising and sets the theme for this sequel. David, Rebecca''s crack head tormentor, escaped felon and murderer, avoids capture and continues his horrific killing spree. Follow the antics of David and other characters that return to make this an unforgettable sequel with a heart pounding, incredibly shocking ending.

\"Lara Church has only hazy memories of her long-ago attack. What she does have is a home in Austin, a job, and a chance at a normal life at last. Then Texas Ranger James Beck arrives on her doorstep with shattering news: The Strangler is back. And this time, he''s in Austin\"--Page 4 of cover.

Now in mass market for the first time for fans of Lisa Jackson, Iris Johansen, Karen Rose, and Allison Brennan, the final, heart-pounding case in New York Times bestselling author Mary Burton''s Forgotten Files Trilogy... A cop who followed her father into law enforcement becomes obsessed with the case that broke him more than twenty years earlier - a sexually sadistic serial killer known as the Hangman... Julia Vargas is a cop with a mission. When she''s not chasing down bad guys, Julia dedicates her time to investigating the Hangman serial killer . . . the same unsolved case that her father, Jim Vargas, was working on when he supposedly shot and killed himself three decades before. While rumors continue to swirl around her father''s death, Julia attempts to hunt down the truth. The case once again hits dangerously close, however, when a woman''s bones are discovered in a historic downtown home, together with a photograph of Jim and Julia as a young girl. As horrifying as this discovery is, it may just be the break Julia has waited for. Working alongside Tobias Novak, a homicide detective with whom she shares a complicated―and steamy―history, she''s forced to confront her own past even as the Hangman looms in the shadows. But as the mysterious killer circles closer, Julia can feel her own noose begin to tighten . . .

The 2010 edition features more than 500 wedding industry venues and services covering the Willamette Valley to the Oregon Coast, Hood River to Yamhill Wine Country, Central Oregon to the Rogue Valley, and all of the Portland-metro area and southwestern Washington. Bravo! has done the research and footwork. We know the event market intimately so that you don''t have to the primary research yourself. Count on the Bravo! Wedding Guide to offer you inside information on planning the wedding of your dreams.

How can psychotherapists, counsellors and medical practitioners best determine the most appropriate treatment for individual patients in primary care? The growth of counselling and therapy in primary care has been accompanied by pressure for shorter-term, brief treatments and evidence-based, managed care. Mary Burton examines these issues in detail, and the main focus is on the practical assessment of patients and the selection of appropriate treatment within the real world of service provision. This book is aimed at psychotherapists, counsellors, clinical psychologists and psychiatrists in primary care, as well as general practitioners and service managers with a serious interest in delivering best practice for their patients. They will find here: * a review of the major issues in counselling and psychotherapy in primary care * a survey of the main psychotherapeutic approaches and the outcome evidence relating to their application in clinical practice * a critical appraisal of the role of managed care and brief therapies in primary mental health care * a useful, practical guide to assessment and to treatment and evaluation, illustrated extensively with case material and clinical vignettes \"The author, with many years of experience as a therapist in the National Health Service, has successfully provided the vital bridge to aid shared understanding. The arguments for short and long term therapy, treatment modality and the role of assessment, which is vital for safe, effective practice, are covered in depth. . We have waited a long time for this book, and I am sure it will remain the standard text for many years to come.\" From the Foreword by Dr Graham Curtis Jenkins Director, Counselling in Primary Care Trust \"Mary Burton has clearly summarised many of the most complex issues concerning psychological therapies in the Health Service--from approaches to assessment to selection of outcome measures. Scholarly yet easy to read, this outstanding book could hardly be more timely. It will be of utmost relevance to all concerned with psychotherapy and counselling in public services, whether they be providers or purchasers or researchers.\" Phil Mollon, Head of Clinical Psychology and Adult Psychotherapy Services Lister Hospital, Stevenage