family-owned business enterprises

When Maren breaks the strict rules of her family's dream shop to help her comatose sister, she is caught and blackmailed by a woman with evil plans for the town of Rockpool Bay.

After her father goes to jail, Cady Bennett, twelve, is taken from foster care to spend a summer with her estranged Aunt Michelle, trying to save her failing pie shop.

"During her last summer at home before leaving for college, Emaline begins a whirlwind romance with Theo, an assistant documentary filmmaker who is in town to make a movie"--Provided by publisher.

Starting middle school two years after the loss of her mother, young Lindsay works at her family's donut shop to save money for college while taking comfort in the support of her cousins and best friend.

During her last summer at home before leaving for college, Emaline begins a whirlwind romance with Theo, an assistant documentary filmmaker who is in town to make a movie.

Delphinium "Del" Bloom works in the family flower shop, where she must handle the order of a spoiled bride for her wedding, whose junior bridesmaid happens to be Del's nemesis.

The last thing twelve-year-old Christopher "Kip" Campbell wants is to take over the funeral business that has been in his family for generations, but he is the only Campbell heir and seems to have a calling to help the dead and their survivors in a most unusual way.

"Siblings Edison and Tesla Beaker travel through the Night Door once more to save a mysterious city that is sinking into darkness"--OCLC.

"Edison Beaker is underwhelmed by his family: his mom is busy, his younger sister, Tesla, and her pet hamster are both so annoying, and his uncle Earl heads up Creature Seekers, the family pest-control company. Who cares about a dumb old extermination business? Edison is about to find out. Creature Seekers isn't offering rat and roach removal. For generations, the Beakers have kept their eyes on much bigger--and scarier--pests. And now Uncle Earl has just received an emergency call while babysitting Edison and Tesla. He bundles them into the Creature Seekers van and they're off--to see what's scurrying, slinking, and stomping through the mysterious Night Door. Edison is in for some surprises about his family...and himself!"--Dust jacket.

"The McNeil family has always been professional hoaxers--tricking bystanders into believing they're seeing legendary creatures like Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster. Unlike the rest of his family, twelve-year-old Grayson hates hoaxing and wants nothing to do with the business--even when the McNeils land a huge job and must pull off four sea monster hoaxes in a week. But when things go disastrously wrong and Dad and Gramps go missing, Grayson and his brother, Curtis, are the only people who can finish the job and save their family"--Provided by publisher.