Andrea is a girl who still believes in the tooth fairy. When she is at home one rainy morning pouting because the tooth fairy left nothing under her pillow, her teddy bear tells her she is a princess in the Land of Be Alive and orders a half-conch shell to whisk her away to her princessdom. Fly with Andrea and go with her from depending on her adjutants for guidance to managing the affairs of the twelve spheres that orbit over her palace in Ziv and from believing in a tooth fairy to believ...

An astonishing memoir that "demonstrates the true meaning of family" from the author of The Paris Wife and When the Stars Go Dark, detailing the years Paula McLain and her two sisters spent as foster children after being abandoned by both parents in California in the early 1970s and (Chicago Tribune).As wards of the State, the sisters spent the next 14 years moving from foster home to foster home. The dislocations, confusions, and odd ple...

A Granby Knitting NovellaRance Crawford is an alpaca rancher, fiber mill owner, and self-proclaimed grumpy bastard. When sweet, charming tenderfoot Ben McCutcheon moves onto Crawford's rural road, Rance is very aware that Ben makes it a grand total of two gay men in their tiny town, and even though he is instantly, painfully smitten, any move he makes could be simply chalked up to being hard up. Using his best weapon and favorite skill, Crawford launches a...

Eva Hanover hit forty years of age . . . and she had it all . . . a brilliant career, a gorgeous brownstone in Brooklyn and a sexy husband. Or, at least, she thought.In a wink of an eye, Eva's husband left her. She lost the brownstone and threw away her career in a fit of pique. With only the clothes on her back, she fled New York for the sunnier climate of Key Largo. As Eva put it, her marriage went south and so did she.Stuck in Key Largo, it is sink or swim for the devast...

Its the hottest city in the U.S., and its not just the weather thats heating up. Kim Gatlin, ambitious archaeologist and college professor, is taking the spring semester off to do a survey of a remarkable rock art site in Yuma, Arizona. The wild remote desert also holds gun-toting locals and desperate refugees, but the biggest hazard proves to be Bureau of Land Management geologist Claudine “Randi” Randall. Their mutual appreciation of the petroglyphs ought to bring them toge...

"Fly with your own wings!" said the ad in Andrea's comic book. "Money-back guarantee!" Andrea knew it couldn't be true, but she sent in her money for the wings kit anyway. What happened next was wonderful beyond imagining--and then very, very frightening.

“Octavia pens a great tale."--The RAWSISTAZ ReviewersThe road to romance can be filled with second thoughts and second guesses, and in Essence® bestselling author Grace Octavia's captivating novel, one woman can't quite make peace with her choices...Atlanta celebrity wedding planner Rachel Winslow has it all—except what she wants most: true love. Her friends are convinced that her college ex-turned-best friend, Ian, is her Mr. Right—even though he’s in a r...

Echo Reef loves sea horses so much, she wants one for a pet…no matter what!Of all the creatures in the ocean, sea horses are Echo Reef’s favorite. They’re sweet and gentle and they glide through the water so gracefully. When Echo discovers that Rocky Ridge, one of her Trident Academy classmates, has his own pet sea horse, she wants one right away. Not everyone agrees sea horses should be pets, however—perhaps they are happiest when swimming freely. But Echo thinks ...

Welcome to the Puppy Place--where every puppy finds a forever home!Charles and Lizzie Peterson love puppies. Their family fosters these young dogs, giving them love and proper care, until they can find the perfect forever home. Lizzie and her family go to the beach for a July 4th weekend trip. Liberty, a golden retriever puppy, gets spooked by the fireworks display and loses her owners. Can the Petersons find her home, even while they are on vacation?

The S.S.M.P. goes up against their STINKIEST monster yet!Pick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!Everything stinks! Alexander, Rip, and Nikki aren't in the same class anymore. The monster notebook is missing...

Could Principal Vanderpants be the BOSS-MONSTER?!Pick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!In book 12, the S.S.M.P. needs to track down the boss-monster and get their monster notebook back! Alexander, Rip, and...

Stermont's latest monster is a real scream!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!Alexander's class is going on a field trip to an amusement park. Everyone is excited -- until they find out they're going to SAFETY Lan...