Shortlisted for the Historical Writers' Association Gold CrownA gritty and lyrical American epic about a young woman who disguises herself as a boy and heads West.In the spring of 1885, seventeen-year-old Jessilyn Harney finds herself orphaned and alone on her family's homestead. Desperate to fend off starvation and predatory neighbours, she cuts her hair, binds her chest, saddles her beloved mare, and sets off across the mountains to find ...

A richly imagined, sweeping novel set in the climate-changed world of our own descendants, by the acclaimed author of WHISKEY WHEN WE'RE DRY'This richly imagined journey into a dystopian future is at once cautionary and provocative, inviting us to heed the lessons of the Ancients' - Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer, New York Times bestselling author of Braiding SweetgrassA young boy and his older sisters find themselves su...

With Holding Lies, John Larison takes us deep into a thriving subculture of the Northwest, one born of ferns and firs, rain and hot-springs, salmon and whitewater. He takes us even deeper into the troubles of Hank Hazelton, a fifty-nine-year-old river guide, as he struggles to reconnect with his daughter after a long estrangement. Before his daughter’s arrival, Hank discovers a drift boat stranded below a rapid, its oarsman missing. Within days, the sheriff has opened a murder inv...

A young boy and his older sisters find themselves suddenly and utterly alone, orphaned in an abandoned fishing village. Their food supplies dwindling, they set out across a breathtaking yet treacherous wilderness in search of the last of their people.Down the coast, raiders deliver the children's mother, along with the rest of their human cargo, to the last port city of a waning empire. Determined to reunite with her family, she plots her escape?while her fellow captives plan open ...

In the sweeping storytelling tradition of Larry McMurty's Lonesome Dove and Charles Frazier's Cold Mountain, Whiskey When We're Dry transcends the straight-and-narrow Western to land among the classics.In the spring of 1885, seventeen-year-old Jessilyn Harney finds herself orphaned and alone on her family's homestead. Desperate to fend off starvation and predatory neighbours, she cuts her hair, binds her chest, saddles her beloved mare, and sets off across the mountains. Her goal? ...

Jack needs a cover to solve a decades-old mystery. And Josey offers him the perfect one – she’ll pose as his wife for a week. The redhead’s on the run from a killer, and Jack protects what’s his, pretend marriage or not. Yet it soon becomes clear that the sparks flying between them are anything but fake, and the danger they face is all too real…

There’s peril at the Pumpkin Fest in this Maine-set mystery by the New York Times-bestselling author…Halloween is coming to Tinker’s Cove, Maine, and local reporter Lucy Stone is covering the annual Giant Pumpkin Fest for the Pennysaver. There’s the pumpkin-boat regatta, the children’s Halloween party, the pumpkin weigh-in…even a contest where home-built catapults hurl pumpkins at an old Dodge! But not everything goes as planned.Lucy’s get...

These true stories of people who work and live in the spectacular mountain wilderness of Alberta and British Columbia are filled with humour, keen observations about man and nature, and memorable human and animal characters. Old-time cowboys Johnny and Cal offer their no-nonsense brand of homespun wisdom. Wasp, the talented saddle horse, teaches his rider more than just horsemanship. From life-and-death drama to peaceful meditations, these tales capture the danger and beauty of the mountai...

**The thrilling conclusion to the dystopian No Safety in Numbers trilogy where a deadly virus has turned the world upside down.“Self-anointed king Marco remains a fantastic, complex character, and the extended denouement is rather poignant.”—Booklist“A chilling conclusion to a gripping trilogy.”—School Library Journal**When the lights go out, the feat sets in . . .First—a bomb released a deadly flu virus and the entire mall was qua...

You Can Go Home AgainThe only thing Cole Merrick wants to do with the Mirror Lake property he inherited is sell it. And the sooner the better. The handsome pilot has no attachment to the place where he and Grace Eversea fell in love years ago. He never meant to break his promises—or her heart—when he left town without a word.Now, just in time for Mirror Lake’s 125th birthday celebration, he comes face to face with all he left behind, including Grace. And he...

Old Love, New NeighborForced to return home after a health scare, Shelby Russell winds up next door to none other than Matt Durrant. Her one-time fiancé and now a widower with two kids, Matt plans to keeps Shelby at arm’s length. Even if she’s the logical choice for a nanny. Even if his kids love her. Even if he's happier than he’s been in years.But Matt was the one left behind when Shelby went to follow her dreams. After losing so much, Matt’s courage is f...

SPECIAL EDITION: MURDERNot even in Alpine, Washington, could the death of octogenarian Jack Froland be considered big news—except by his drinking buddies at Mugs Ahoy. But that suddenly changes when in the middle of the funeral, Jack’s widow hysterically insists that he was murdered. Emma Lord, publisher of The Alpine Advocate, who is already investigating a threatening letter received by the town’s beautiful blonde judge, now suspects she has two hot stories to unravel. B...