The Night Pool is a blood-soaked, page-turning horror set in the Gold Rush West, where three women must battle monsters both human and inhuman to survive—perfect for fans of Alma Katsu’s The Hunger and Victor LaValle’s Lone Women.The American West is no safe haven for women—least of all in the Gold Rush town of Coloma, California. Not for Clara Tice, the blacksmith’s strange and stubborn daughter. Not for Mei, the healer whose calm presen...

The Night Pool is a blood-soaked, page-turning horror set in the Gold Rush West, where three women must battle monsters both human and inhuman to survive—perfect for fans of Alma Katsu’s The Hunger and Victor LaValle’s Lone Women.The American West is no safe haven for women—least of all in the Gold Rush town of Coloma, California. Not for Clara Tice, the blacksmith’s strange and stubborn daughter. Not for Mei, the healer whose calm presen...

Doesn't every little boy love to catch caterpillars? This is a true story of a little boy named Mark, and he loved to collect caterpillars. He also trapped horny toads with a box and string, caught lizards with his hands, gathered snails, and put them in a bucket. Mark loved to play outside, collecting critters and putting them in a jar or his pockets. He picked wildflowers and would bring them to his mom. She kissed his little hand for the flowers, and he often ran outside to find some mo...

Whole at Last is an empowering guide to rediscovering peace, joy, and purpose in the second half of life. Written for those who may feel defined by stress, self-doubt, aging, or long-standing patterns of negative thinking, this book offers a compassionate roadmap toward greater wholeness and fulfillment.Linda Lee Smith draws on her experience as a holistic nurse, transformational life coach, energy therapist, and aromatherapist to explore the powerful connection be...

The powerful story of two sisters separated at birth, one abused and one loved, and their search to understand their past.Helen grew up in a pit village in Tyneside in the post-war years, with her gran, aunties and uncles living nearby. She felt safe with them, but they could not protect her from her neglectful mother and violent father. Behind closed doors, she suffered years of abuse. Sometimes she talked to an imaginary sister, the only one who understood her pain.Jenny ...

In this New York Times bestseller, investigative journalist Lee Smith uses his unprecedented access to expose the deep state operation against President Donald J. Trump -- and the American people.The Plot Against the President tells the story of how Congressman Devin Nunes, while leading the House Intelligence Committee, uncovered the operation to bring down the commander-in-chief. While popular opinion holds that Russia subverted democratic processes during the 20...

Five-year-old Toby is having a recurring bad dream. The dreams are scaring him, but after talking everything over with his Mommy, he overcomes several fears. First and foremost, he learns that he can talk to Mommy and Daddy about any problem he has, and they will help him work through it. He also learns other valuable lessons such as dealing with fi rst impressions when coming in contact with new people. He learns that he needs to do more than look at a person?s appearance to determine wha...

Since coming to the world of Arcadia to raise her baby griffin, Taryn MacTavish has had to overcome a lot of difficulties, but she's finally beginning to feel welcome. She's settled into her small camp in the Valley of Hoof and Horn, she's earned the trust (and perhaps more) of the Cerosan lord who rules it, she's been adopted by the mystical Morathi of kraal-Rucombe, and best of all, she's made friends with the lonely magus who lives by the lake nearby…but her new friend is not what he se...

"A thought-provoking multinational tale . . . [that] will challenge your crime solving skills and teach you lots about the Scottish Highlands." — The St. Augustine RecordFrom a writer who's been praised for her "intelligence, heart, wit" (Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls), The Ice House follows the beleaguered MacKinnons as they weather the possible loss of the family business, a serious medical diagnosis, and ...

In The Christmas Letters, three generations of women reveal their stories of love and marriage in the letters they write to family and friends during the holidays. It's a down-home Christmas story about tradition, family, and the shared experiences of women.Here, in a letter of her own, Lee Smith explains how she was inspired to write this celebrated epistolary novel:Dear Friends,Like me, you probably get Christmas letters every year. I read every word and ...

The wizard is dead and there is peace in the Valley, but peace doesn't necessarily mean that life gets easier. As summer drags on, Taryn MacTavish must find a way to cope with the inevitable changes peace has brought: Her baby griffin is growing up, the Dragon-born Pathfinders have opened the Roads between Arcadia and Earth, the long-exiled Cerosan are returning to their homeland, and Antilles, lord of the Valley of Hoof and Horn, has defied all tradition and asked Taryn to marry him, but ...

When her aunt suffers a stroke, New York portrait artist Emory Austen returns home to the North Carolina mountains to mend fences and deal with the guilt over her husband's senseless death. But that won't be as easy as she hoped. Someone in the quirky little town doesn't like Emory. Is it the sexy architect who needs the Austen land to redeem himself? The untrustworthy matriarch? The grudge-bearing local bad boy? Or the teenage bombshell who has raised snooping to an art form? Even the loc...