Emmy winners, magazine editors, comedians, TV personalities, bestselling authors and social media superstars team up to bring you a laugh-out-loud book not about being a mom, but about having a mom, grandmom or mom-figure. And while it's not OK for someone else to make yo-momma jokes about your momma, it is perfectly healthy — even downright hilarious — to find the humor in your own upbringing. In fact, these writers highly recommend it. So if you think your mom is nuts, pull up a chair. You're in good company.

Moms are Nuts: Funny Stories by Funny People

Humor & Entertainment

Aarons, Wendi

Vansant, Amy

Fallon, Gloria

Brody, Dylan

Bayne, Eliza

Brozik, Matthew David

Cardwell, Becky

Crespo, Sean

Soro, Suzy

Hartsell, Carol Ray

Humor

Vansant Creations

Can a sexy pirate, a persnickity angel and a rowdy Irishman work together long enough to save the world? Legendary pirate Anne Bonny is alive and swashbuckling her way through the 21st century, but her stormy romantic life would make Blackbeard pack up ship and move to Kansas.Anne is a Sentinel, a soldier for mankind's mysterious guardians, the Angeli. Anne will live 1000 years, but in return, she's required to hunt Perfidia, corrupted Angeli who drain human energy to survive.After losing his corporeal body in battle, Anne's fellow Sentinel and former lover, Con Carey, now visits her by possessing the bodies of humans. And Anne's romance with the aloof Arch Angeli Michael has intensified... much to Con's chagrin.Now this unusual love triangle must work together to defeat Seth, a Perfidian of untold power who threatens to end not only the Angeli, but the universe.

Angeli - The Pirate, the Angel & the Irishman

Romance

Paranormal

From Wall Street Journal &amp; USA TODAY Best-Selling Author, Amy Vansant - an all too real, hilarious romance. Emily never expected to find love in a dart bar, but the moment she spots tall, sexy Sebastian, she’s determined to catch his eye. Ex-girlfriends, perpetually shirtless rich boys, frantic best-friends and a mysterious orange handbag converge to stop her. No one said stalking was easy, but if romance was left to the boys, the human race would die out while they logged fantasy football points and punched each other in the balls. Everyone knows that. Emily’s not stalking Sebastian...she’s saving the world.

Slightly Stalky: A Romantic Comedy Walks into a Bar... (Slightly Series)

Contemporary

A Twisty Puzzler Complete with Dogs, Romance and a Backyard Body...Solve the mystery before you die laughing! Book one of the laugh-out-loud mystery series from Wall Street Journal and USA TODAY Best-Selling author Amy Vansant. If Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum and the Golden Girls had a baby, it would be the Pineapple Port series! It's bad enough finding a body in your back yard—especially when foul play is pretty much a certainty. But when you discover the bones are somebody's long-missing mom, it's tragic. And if that person is the hottest guy in town, you've just made the world's worst first impression! Charlotte Morgan's got every reason to take an intensely personal interest, even if solving a murder’s a bit of a stretch for a 26-year-old amateur sleuth raised in a 55-plus Florida community--golf-cart racing's usually about as exciting as it gets for her. But things are heating up in her world, and not just in the romance department. The hot guy's uncle is Charlotte's number one suspect. He's debonair, he's mysterious, he's just a little too slick—and he's dating a friend of Charlotte's. If she doesn't step up, who knows what could happen? In Amy Vansant’s first Pineapple Port cozy mystery, quips get flung and puns get slung, making for a hilarious read, but even better, Pineapple Port's just a place you want to hang out. Charlotte's a pretty unique female protagonist, being the only chick, as a friend observes, in a roomful of hens, but Pineapple Port is a wonderful character in itself, as much a parallel universe as Hogwarts, with its own exotic customs and quirks. People have nicknames like Jenny Teacup (because she collects tea sets), exercise comes in the form of water aerobics, and Poolside Breakfast is a big social event. Vansant has perfect pitch when it comes to her human characters as well. No one can mention a restaurant without someone saying, "They have the best French toast!" The Pineapple Port Mystery Series is perfect for fans of those reassuringly cozy mysteries set in small towns, from Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple right on through Carolyn Hart and up to Jana DeLeon. If you happen to like romantic comedy, or even just funny mysteries—especially those with intrepid women sleuths-- you'll devour it!

Pineapple Lies: Pineapple Port Romantic Comedy / Mystery: Book One (Pineapple Port Mysteries)

Literature & Fiction

United States

Something funny’s going on in this funny Florida Halloween mystery… and it isn’t just the inflatable witch on the roof! 
Book TWO of the laugh-out-loud mystery series from Wall Street Journal and USA TODAY Best-Selling author Amy Vansant. If Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum and the Golden Girls had a baby, it would be the Pineapple Port series! When a giant inflatable Halloween witch goes missing in the Pineapple Port retirement community, amateur sleuth Charlotte Morgan’s eager to nab the culprit. But before she can lift a fingerprint, someone threatens to kill a new neighbor who looks like an adorable Pomeranian but possesses a disturbing talent for revenge. Moments later, a stranger demands the return of a mysterious wooden box… or else. Charlotte's romantic interest, Declan, isn't having a great morning either. His calculating ex-girlfriend has returned to claim she's the rightful owner of his pawn shop. She’s livid he’s found a new lady, and she is not the sort of person you want angry at you… Eh. Things could be worse. At least Charlotte doesn’t know that a mojito-swilling killer is on his way to Pineapple Port… The wacky retirees of Pineapple Port are eager to help Charlotte solve the mysteries, as long as it doesn’t interrupt their water aerobics schedule. The Pineapple Port Mystery Series is a cozy mystery with edgy twist that will keep you on the edge of your seat and keep you thinking. Fans of Agatha Christie, Lilian Jackson Braun and Rita Mae Brown won’t be able to get enough of this fabulously funny, mysterious world!

Pineapple Mystery Box: A Pineapple Port Cozy Mystery: Book Two (Pineapple Port Mysteries)

Book EIGHT of the hilarious Pineapple Port mystery series from Wall Street Journal and USA TODAY Best-Selling author Amy Vansant has Charlotte awaking to find Mariska and Bob gone, kidnapped from their home. Their disappearance is a message from a familiar killer: Help me or your friends will disappear.To save her loved ones, Charlotte must find a way to clear her boyfriend's crazy ex of a killing. It may be the only crime the woman didn't commit...but things don't get any easier when someone mistakes Charlotte as a traitor and sends a madman with a distinctive "tattoo" and unusual gang of deadly pets to stop her. Fans of comedic mysteries like The Thin Man, Moonlighting, Monk and Elementary will fall in love with the charming, funny and thrilling world of Pineapple Port!

Pineapple Jailbird: A Pineapple Port Mystery: Book Eight - A funny, thrilling & cozy (ish) mystery (Pineapple Port Mysteries)

Independently published

Puppies have taken over book NINE of the hilarious Pineapple Port mystery series from Wall Street Journal and USA TODAY Best-Selling author Amy Vansant! "Another hit - Ms Vansant did it again. I always worry about series after you get to the 8th or more book because they become like reruns with new people...not the case here! Everything is new except those we all know and love...and it pulls you in right from the start. Great book!" ~ Sue Turkington &#11088;&#11088;&#11088;&#11088;&#11088; Someone has left puppies on the doorsteps of Pineapple Port's residents, but the adorable balls of fur seem to be connected to the murder of a nearby millionaire with too many heirs of his own. Meanwhile, Mariska's been framed for baking a killer cake, and Charlotte must clear her name, Fans of classic cozy mysteries will adore this whodunnit packed with puppies, baking, horses, sneaky maids and a dead rich man! "Every time I read one of these I am convinced they cannot get any better. Yet they do, every time. These characters are like family. I relate to each one in a different way. And the mystery unravels itself a little more on each page. It only needs more Declan to be perfect." ~ Marsha Jeanne Thalleen &#11088;&#11088;&#11088;&#11088;&#11088; "I've read every one of the Pineapple Court Mysteries and I just love them, but every time I read one I get in trouble with my husband because they make me laugh out loud and I wake him up. These books are excellent! The storylines are great, the characters are fantastic, and each mystery revolves around something uniquely wacky. You can't go wrong with these books or this author." ~ Debby &#11088;&#11088;&#11088;&#11088;&#11088; "Love this one! Amy did it again. I really enjoy reading a story with an intelligent and funny P.I. who is a woman. Keep her stories going! Now I want a yorkie! Thanks Amy! Highly recommend this and the whole series!!" ~ Marian &#11088;&#11088;&#11088;&#11088;&#11088; "A wonderful cozy series! I loved this book and the entire series. It's well written and interesting. One of my favorite things is that Charlotte, the main character, is so unique. She doesn't own a bookstore, a bakery, work in a library or for a caterer. Everything about these books is fresh and original. They are funny and still have a good mystery to them. Can't wait for book 10!" ~ Patlat &#11088;&#11088;&#11088;&#11088;&#11088;

Pineapple Puppies: A Pineapple Port Mystery: Book Nine - A cozy dog mystery (Pineapple Port Mysteries)

Middle-School - YA Novel Brian, Anna, Marc and Cecily stumble into a wizard’s spell and are swept to the Magicatory, the magical factory / laboratory where everything is made. Too bad they picked a lousy time to visit! A mysterious girl and a horde of goblins is planning an attack, one of the shape-shifting mages has been kidnapped, and a crazed dodo bird is on the loose. Now the lost siblings have to figure out how to use their new superpowers before the multiverse is destroyed and they can never return to Earth!

The Magicatory

Teen & Young Adult

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

The infamous Puzzle Killer returns to Charity, Florida, in search of a rival murderer, and when two serial killers battle, Charlotte, Declan, Seamus and a naked cat find themselves on the chopping block!

Pineapple Puzzles: A Pineapple Port Mystery: Book Three (Pineapple Port Mysteries)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

A unique blend of suspense, romance and laughs with just a dash of time-traveling Highlander from USA Today and Wall Street Journal best-selling author Amy Vansant.  When Catriona spots a plaid posterior passed out on the Hollywood movie lot where she works, she doesn't know her life as a fixer for Hollywood's spoiled elite is about to grow more complicated. She wants to write-off the ridiculously sexy, kilt-wearing Brochan as a con artist, but her adoptive father seems strangely comfortable with a man claiming to have no memory of his past or knowledge of the modern world.  A red-bearded thug, an old picture and a three hundred year-old vendetta soon have Catriona worried she could lose everything - including her mysterious time traveling Scotsman. A Highlander followed her home...Can she keep him? Fans of Janet Evanovich, Colleen Helme and Denise Grover Swank will delight to find a new series that deals both thrills and laughs at a rapid-fire pace. * There is a partial cliff-hanger - each book can stand alone and is also part of a larger story arc that continues through the series.

Kilty as Charged: Romance. Suspense. Haggis. (Volume 1)

Time Travel

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