Silent tears trickle down her cheeks as she curls inside the tiny cave-like space. She lies on her side, darkness all around her, rubbing her fingers over the little wooden doll he’d carved. He told her to be quiet, not to cry or scream. Not to be a baby. Her throat was raw, her eyes swollen shut. She wanted her mommy and daddy. She wanted to go home.When Penny Matthews, a seven-year-old girl with blonde curls and a gap-toothed smile, goes missing in the Appalach...

This Kirkus' Best Indie Book of the Year Selection is "an affecting portrayal of the making of a veterinarian and the day-to-day challenges she faces."The novel Kylie's Ark takes us inside the life of a young veterinarian, from intern to licensed vet. Kylie encounters big egos, small budgets, grand intentions, and hollow triumphs. Does she have what it takes to survive a lonely internship in rugged Montana, grueling hours at a prestigious equine h...

Widowed after only a year of marriage, Kate Marley had a problem getting her crops to market. But that wasn't her only problem. She couldn't mourn her husband who'd been attacked by a Cougar. He'd been so brutal on her wedding night that she refused to have relations with him. She realized after his death that there had been no love in her marriage. She'd married Jim out of loneliness. Her husband had been a great farmer, but love had never been a part of their marriage. After his frightfu...

Anna left at dawn.She entered the Martian desert, all alone.Where is she going?What secret is she hiding?Thirty years after the Mars exploration mission 'Hera', whose crew died in mysterious circumstances, the ensuing political issues that slowed NASA's race to conquer space have finally ended. This time the five members of the new 'Isis' mission will not travel the 400 million kilometres for a short visit. This time they are destined to become the first coloni...

“I wish I didn’t know that I was marching my sisters into a boiling pot of trouble cooking in Oakland…”Eleven-year-old Delphine is like a mother to her two younger sisters, Vonetta and Fern. She's had to be, ever since their mother, Cecile, left them seven years ago for a radical new life in California.But when the sisters arrive from Brooklyn to spend the summer with their mother in Oakland, Cecile is nothing like they imagined. While the girls hope to go ...

The Guardians are the protectors of Aloseria. They are the keepers of the peace and they have a unique ability-they can turn into dragons.Derek Draco is one of them. Haunted by the memories of his past, Derek comes across a piece of a mythical amulet, said to hold the power to grant wishes once all three pieces are brought together. Seeing an opportunity to right the wrongs of his past, Derek sets out on a journey to find the rest of the amulet, along with his friends, Jared and Ar...

The water belongs to itself. undercurrent reflects on the power and sacredness of water-largely underappreciated by too many-whether it be in the form of ocean currents, the headwaters of the Fraser River or fluids in the womb. Exploring a variety of poetic forms, anecdote, allusion and visual elements, this collection reminds humanity that we are water bodies, and we need and deserve better ways of honouring this.Poet Rita Wong approaches water through personal, cultural ...

“Downsizing your life is a rollercoaster of emotions. I would be lying to say it is easy.”– Rita Wilkins, “The Downsizing Designer”Rita’s downsizing journey was inspired by a trip to a third world country when she traveled to Senegal, West Africa to visit her son who was serving in the Peace Corps. She was profoundly moved by the people who were truly happy even though they had so little. This experience ignited a new passion for living a...

A short contemporary, and sensual romance novel..After her horse throws her, and a bull escapes into the arena, Candy Arnold begins to see the danger she is suddenly in, but doesn't know why. A fast acting cowboy, named Joe Munroe comes to her air just in time.Not long afterwards Candy inherits a broken down ranch in the Panhandle of Texas from her father. Since she has never really had a home, it sounds like heaven and she talks her Uncle into coming with her. Her ex-husba...

Joe Garcia was finally coming home from Afghanistan. Shannon O'Hara was there to meet him at the airport. When he passed right by her at the airport without a word, Shannon was sure he didn't even remember her. She put Joey, her son in the stroller and left, crying. Unable to face her brothers with her tears, she and Joey spent the night in a motel, until she could get a hold of herself. What has she expected. She's spent one glorious night with Joe before he had to get back to the war. Ho...

To face down a tragic pastShe must first confront the long-withheld truth…A disturbed fellow student made Kate McKendrick’s high school a hunting ground. Now, as Briar Ridge High’s new principal, she’s struggling to help the divided town—and herself—heal. But a vengeful individual won’t stop until Kate is dead. As Kate and former bad boy Riggs Benford uncover the secrets of that day, their irresistible attraction could turn their future to ashes…

Between filing for our homestead on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land in 1957 and the government granting of the patent in 1962, we spent five years on the homestead on Point MacKenzie in Southcentral Alaska. This point is across four and a half miles of water from Anchorage, yet the area is still remote and without road access. A boat made getting back and forth a possible commute.... We walked everywhere. We tied our kids to a packboard because no one had yet come out with a baby pack...