In the fall of 1909, eighteen-year-old Alice Winters awakens in unfamiliar surroundings, paralyzed by a horrific accident that has claimed both her parents. Alice, mute and unable to move anything but her eyes, finds herself at a pretentious health retreat for the rich. After months of recovery with little improvement, she is informed her inheritance can no longer cover the cost of her care and she will be relocated to a government asylum known for its inhumane conditions.When an e...

In this novella, Tessa and Jake knew each other since they were infants. It took one drunken night for them to realize they were meant to be together forever. Life didn't see it that way. It takes an arch, a romantic cowboy, and a promise of forever for this couple to finally get their perfection.      

Human rights capture what people need to live minimally decent lives. Recognized dimensions of this minimum include physical security, due process, political participation, and freedom of movement, speech, and belief, as well as—more controversially for some—subsistence, shelter, health, education, culture, and community. Far less attention has been paid to the interpersonal, social dimensions of a minimally decent life, including our basic needs for decent human contact and acknowledgment...

In common attempts to standardize what and how teaching is conducted, we often fail to recognize the tremendous amount of innovation that educators bring to solving an array of challenges in today’s classrooms. This volume highlights compelling firsthand counter-narratives from educators engaged in exactly this work, underscoring the fact that today’s teachers have to design the classroom experience in ever-changing contexts in order to be successful. Educators have to fluidly adapt to con...

“Wounds of the body heal swiftly in comparisonto those of the mind.”In the center of the Marble Tower, in the center of the City, there hangs the Radiance, a mystical object of prayer and devotion.When the Radiance suddenly vanishes, eight young men: a nobleman’s son and his servant; a Bedouin mystic; a cobbler and his cousin; a City guard; a cross-dresser; and Glane, the boy who wants to fly, are suspected of its theft.Yes, they took it ... ...

A Baby this Christmas: Operation Baby: Jenna Wheeler has a plan…a baby before she misses her chance. She also has a problem…she hasn't met a guy that is marriage and family material, so artificial insemination is the only logical step. Until she makes a big splash with William Cartwright, CEO of Worldwide Electronics; at first he takes offence at her quirky, yet strong-willed demeanor, but soon finds himself intrigued, and then obsessed with this beautiful but peculiar waitress. Can he sto...

A dusty box discovered in the wreckage of a once prosperous plantation on Agate Hill in North Carolina contains the remnants of an extraordinary life: diaries, letters, poems, songs, newspaper clippings, court records, marbles, rocks, dolls, and bones. It's through these treasured mementos that we meet Molly Petree. Raised in those ruins and orphaned by the Civil War, Molly is a refugee who has no interest in self-pity. When a mysterious benefactor appears out her father's past to rescue h...

Runaway Mail Order Bride - Sweet Western RomanceSweet Romantic Old West NovellaBoston 1890:Beautiful eighteen-year-old mail order bride Suzy Remington was purchased by a well-to-do rancher living near the majestic mountains of western Colorado.Marrying an--in her eyes--ancient man doesn't appeal to her much. But it's still a welcome way to leave her oppressive step-family.However, when she hears that the rancher has a twenty-year-old son, she gets very c...

Blizzard Bride - Sweet Western RomanceDecember 1879.Winter is descending on the frontier homestead of Nate Langdon. A blizzard rages. The young farmer now has time to study the "Green Book," a mail-order bride catalogue that arrived from Boston a couple days ago, since there really are not enough suitable women out here in the wilds of the West.Nate reads--when he hears the neighing of a horse outside. The horse is saddled, but there is no rider.He checks and f...

Mail Order Brides of Oregon Series: Book OneDear Reader: This is a sweet, heartwarming, full length mail order bride historical romance novel with a happy ending. Set in western cowboy Oregon in 1886.Pale, pretty, dark-haired Ellie Bates lost her entire family to typhoid and narrowly escaped death from the sickness herself. Now she finds herself as an unpaid servant for her deceased brother's wife, struggling with dizzy fits that send her spinning. When Ell...

Come back, Blizzard Bride!A Romantic Old West NovellaJanuary 1880Georgia O'Reilly Langdon, the Blizzard Bride, is the happiest woman in the West, since she married Nate Langdon, who found her during the storm and nursed her back to life.When she returns from a visit to her far-away parents, she finds a strange woman in the cabin with Nate.Hurt and heartbroken, she leaves.Did Nate betray her?If you also want to know how Nate found Georgia, ...

Watch Out, Blizzard Bride! – A Western RomanceRomantic Old West NovellaCa. 64 pagesFebruary 1880:Georgia Langdon, the Blizzard Bride, is alone in her homestead far from town, when another snow storm descends, prohibiting Nate, her husband, from returning home that night. Georgia is startled when somebody knocks on her door. A strikingly handsome man with a silver star on his lapel and saddle bags bulging with money seeks shelter with her in the cabin.Sho...