Highlights presents Tales from the Shore by Lori Johnson: Take a walk and find stories in nature.

Debut author Lori Johnson strikes all the right chords in After the Dance -- the delightful story of a budding romance just waiting to blossom. Thirty-something Faye thinks the notion of finding a "Mr. Right" is laughable, and has all but given up on the idea of true love. But Carl, the guy next door, feels otherwise. Little do they know, but soon their lives will take a surprising turn.

In this book, Lori Nel Johnson examines the work of Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859-1937), Meta Warrick Fuller (1877-1968), and F. Holland Day (1864-1933) in relation to the development of modernism during the turn of the century, and the official narratives surrounding this movement.While Tanner and Fuller have been consistently linked in the history of American Art, the Pictorialist photographer and publisher, Day has rarely if ever been discussed with these two artists, despite the fa...

Thirty-four, newly divorced and parenting two little girls, Jan Weatherly is determined to make it on her own doing what she knows best: do-it-yourself home flipping. With her BFF Pam Bacchus by her side, she purchases their first fixer-upper—a cute Craftsman cottage with quick profit potential in rainy Rainier, Washington. With the first swing of her claw hammer, however, Jan pries back faux cedar paneling and reveals a nude, snow-haired corpse floating in a makeshift aquarium. If that di...

It's easier to be brave with a good dog by your side.Leslie Durant, owner of Pretty Paws, doesn't care that she's always giving all of her time and attention to others: It's worth the joy of helping abandoned animals find loving forever homes. But if she can't find a way to bring more money into the struggling shelter, the sacrifices she's made will all be for nothing...Then her brother leaves her with an inheritance, with two stipulations: She must work wi...

Love and trouble are in the air at a ranch wedding in Texas tornado country in this romance anthology featuring four New York Times–bestselling authors.Opposites attract when a wealthy cattleman and a penniless artist decide to get hitched at a Texas dude ranch in tornado country—and the whirlwind festivities are as filled with surprises as their love . . . especially when the guest list includes: one pretty party crasher on a mission, a sheriff known as t...

Based on their work across companies in the automobile, agriculture, and technology industries, the authors outline 11 lessons learned in the process of working in and with organizations in the process of transformation. These lessons are: The customer is always right except when they are not: deals with customer-facing issues What got you here may kill you there: Letting go of what made you good is hard. Execute on unconventional wisdom: debunk best practices and use of unconventional wis...

Embracing Queer Students’ Diverse Identities at Historically Black Colleges and Universities: A Primer for Presidents, Administrators, and Faculty is both a call to action and a resource for historically Black college and university (HBCU) leaders and administrators, focusing on historical and contemporary issues related to expanding inclusionary policies and practices for members of HBCU communities who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+). The essa...

It's Her Game . . .Here's my deal--I'm not knocking myself out to find Mr. Right anymore. As far as this thirty-something sistah is concerned, it's now about reciprocity, not romance. A brother doesn't have to whisper promises he won't keep or make me any kind of commitment. All he needs to do is respect my boundaries, rock my world--then step the hell on before anyone gets too attached. That's why the last man I need to be trying to hook-up with is my next door ne...

This book is a personal narrative about an event when the writer was thirty-two. The event changed her life most profoundly forever. The protagonist was pregnant with her second child and was excited in anticipation of the birth of her son. By all accounts of her physicians, the pregnancy was healthy, and the medical team was expecting an uncomplicated delivery. The story unfolds in a way that no one could have imagined, changing the lives of her and her husband in ways they never could ha...

Lori Johnson pens contemporary fiction that delves deep into the nature of love. A Natural Woman follows the life of anthropology professor Aliesha Eaton. Mired in an uninspiring pairing with her current beau, Aliesha is pierced to the heart when she encounters a mysterious barber. But then the intriguing stranger disappears after one night together-and she must try desperately to find out what happened. "A five star new author."-Mary Monroe

When was the last time you tried something new for breakfast? Star Pancake is the tale of a little boy who tried something new for breakfast and loved it! At first, the little boy didn’t know what he wanted, so his grandmother, who always fixed him breakfast, decided to prepare him an unusual meal: a Pancake shaped like a Star! The boy was unsure if he would like it, but he tried and loved it. One morning, his grandmother was too tired to make his breakfast, so both of the little boy’s par...