Denise, thank you for all of your hard work towards retrieving the cookbooks.
I believe that the cookbooks belong to YT, and that YT or YTers should not have to pay a ransome to get them. Missy stated in her initial threads that this was a fundraiser for YT and any books and profits belong to YT. I sincerely hope that ADMIN contacts an attorney and files charges. Since the books have been mailed and internet has been involved via ebay then I do believe this incident could be considered criminal. Maybe some quiet time in a small room would help Missy get her priorities right.
If she wouldn't mail the books to Sandy using some of the funds that raised from selling the books, what makes us believe that she would mail them to Denise if we send her the ransome of $5.00 per book that she is demanding.
I say, let her keep the books, contact an attorney AND then let's just do a reprint of the cookbook and make it available to all who would like to have one.