Juniper Sawfeather is choosing which college to attend after graduation from West Olympia High School next year. She wants to go to San Diego to be far away from her environmental activist parents. They expect her to think the way they do, but having to be constantly fighting causes makes it difficult to be an average seventeen-year-old high school student. Why do her parents have to be so "out there?"Her feelings on the subject are changed when she and her father rush to the beach...

Forced to leave the California beach behind to spend the summer with her grandma in rural Tennessee, Dannie is certain this will be the most boring summer of her life. Things start looking up when a group of local kids, mistaking her short hair and boyish figure, invite her on their ‘no girls allowed’ overnight kayaking trip. Obviously, her grandma refuses to let her go. But Dannie suspects the real reason is that the woman is afraid of the lake, only she won't tell Dannie why.Long...

Mermaids are real.In the aftermath of an oil spill in the Pacific Northwest, teenager Juniper Sawfeather discovers a new species—mermaids!In the days that follow she must defy all odds to protect these beautiful creatures from the oil company and the media.But mermaids are only the beginning for June as she realizes she has a talent for finding mythological creatures. Or maybe the creatures are finding her…The Juniper Sawfeather series i...

Eric Long’s dad is a champion surfer. His mom is an artist, obsessed with Chinese dragons. On his 15th birthday, both of his parents’ interests collide and change everything he knows about the world.When he goes on a surfing vacation with his father up near Santa Cruz, California, Eric begins having visions of a woman from Imperial China who had the ability to control a dragon and the emperor who wanted to exploit her talent to fight a war. One foggy morning, Eric and a new surfing...

Grace Fuller is a fifty-year-old amateur ballet dancer in Hollywood, California. She’s okay with that. Most of the time. Unless a new, young student questions why she still takes ballet classes at her age. Then all her insecurities rise to the surface. Grace once had dreams of being a Broadway star, but she gave up on them long ago. She only started dancing as a way to lose weight.Now, Grace is a realtor selling houses to actors instead of being one. One afternoon, one of those han...

Who says love doesn’t come around again?Seven stories of single parents finding love for the second timeThe Ticket to her Heart by D. G. DriverDalton Jones is a traffic cop who feels guilty about giving a speeding ticket to a beautiful single mom. With his teenage daughter’s help, he finds a way to meet the woman again, and they fall for each other. Only, he’s neglected to tell her who he really is.The Perfect Beginning by Nancy PennickTracy DeMarco has...

Emotions run high and jealousy reigns when the members of songwriter group night enter a talent competition against each other.It's been a couple months since Trish attended her first songwriter night and started her relationship with Lyle. Things have been going nicely for them but haven't been quite as smooth for Odetta and Neil. These new relationships are put to the test when all four of them enter a big songwriting competition where the finalists will perform ...

From the author of ‘Cry of the Sea’A 2015 Green Book Festival for environmental themed books award winner.Juniper Sawfeather seems to have a talent for finding mythological creatures. Or maybe the creatures are finding her.The mermaids she saved from the oil spill are long gone. There’s no evidence of them, and she’s been branded as a liar and a fake in the media and at school. Her environmental activist parents have moved on to a protest to save Old Growth trees fro...

Three warriors asked the sun to grant them wishes of immortality to protect their people forever. One was turned into a merman, another was turned into a tree, and final warrior was turned into a stone.Juniper Sawfeather has learned there is truth to this American Indian legend. She knows how it connects the mermaids she saved from an oil spill to the ancient spirit that trapped her in the branches of an Old Growth tree. Now she wants to find out if the final part of this legend is...

Romance blossoms between two aspiring Country music songwriters at an evening of creativity, friendship, and rivalry in this feel-good, sweet romantic comedy novella.Lyle is working on lyrics at a coffee house in Nashville when he hears humming from a gorgeous girl across the room. He works up the courage to introduce himself and finds out that Trish is a songwriter too and is new in town. Lyle invites her to his songwriting critique group with hopes of getting to ...

Judy Moody is making a list and checking it twice, but all her brother, Stink, wants this year is snow. It hasnt snowed on Christmas in Virginia in more than a hundred years, however, so what are the chances that that will change? Enter the new mailman, Mr. Jack Frost, who not only looks like a jolly old elf but also seems to know a lot about weather patterns, has a fondness for the cold, and works looooooong hours during the holiday season. Plus its the best time of the year, when strange...

A warm, smart and very funny look at the friendship between two very different girls.Gracie and Savannah are best friends – despite being totally different. Savannah is beautiful, outrageous and irresistible to the opposite sex. Gracie is shy, smart and would rather be learning about lizards than meeting boys. Together they make a great if surprising team and it seems like nothing could come between them – but Gracie begins to question Savannah's reliance on lies a...