Fifteen-year-old Joey Burkett wonders if he will ever be successful at anything. He always thought he would grow up to be a rodeo performer as his father, a world champion cowboy, had been, but Daddy died in a rodeo accident. When he grew to six feet tall in the eighth grade, he thought he might be a basketball player, but that would mean college, and he is failing math. Joey hopes that whatever his future, his new peer tutor, Julie Hernandez, who he really admires, will be a part of it, a...

In the spring of 1892, eleven- year-old Maggie May’s father announced that he was moving their family to Indian Territory in Western Oklahoma where he could stake a claim for 160 acres of free land.Pa said that there were no towns, no schools, or even churches in Indian Territory, nothing but prairie and Indians. Almost every one Maggie knew said that Indians were mean, treacherous and cruel, and it would be foolish to go near them. But the lure of free land was too great, so they s...

Travel, houseparties, smugglers, spies--and a mysterious highwayman. Who is the infamous Captain Moonlight? And how many lives will he change--for good or for ill?

When released in 2003, The Room, an obscure, self-financed relationship drama by an eccentric self-taught filmmaker named Tommy Wiseau, should have been completely forgotten. Yet nearly two decades later, "the worst movie ever made"—as many a critic would have it—has become the most popular cult film since The Rocky Horror Picture Show.In You Are Tearing Me Apart, Lisa!, contributors explore this priceless cultural artifact, offering fans and film buffs c...

A Season To Remember is an anthology of four short stories for Christmas by established romantic fiction authors Susanne Bellamy, Elizabeth Ellen Carter, Noelle Clark and Eva Scott. The tales are set in different periods, starting in the early 1800s and ending in the future of 2525. Three Ships by Elizabeth Ellen Carter is set in 1806 of the Devon Coast. Laura Winter lives on St Joseph's Rock, a tidal island that is home to a lighthouse that protects Ashton-on-Sea. On a late November day a...

Fifteen-year-old Joey Burkett wonders if he will ever be successful at anything. He always thought he would grow up to be a rodeo performer as his father, a world champion cowboy, had been, but Daddy died in a rodeo accident. When he grew to six feet tall in the eighth grade, he thought he might be a basketball player, but that would mean college, and he is failing math. Joey hopes that whatever his future, his new peer tutor, Julie Hernandez, who he really admires, will be a part of it, a...

Dr. Keysha Williams has just delivered a beautiful baby girl when she receiving the horrifying news that her Chicago Bulls superstar husband has been killed by a drunk driver. Consumed with grief and regret, Keysha returns with her son to Hoover, Kentucky, where her friends the Coopers live, and accepts a position in an OB-GYN clinic. Although she longs for a home and family, Keysha is not ready to risk the agony of losing another love. Tyler Maxwell, her husband’s long-time friend and tea...

On Any Given Day: Short Slices of Life is a collection of short stories that invite readers of all backgrounds to explore the complexities of daily life experiences. Centered around the fictional Going to Jesus Bible Church, these stories delve into themes of faith, fun, love, loss, laughter, intrigue, friendship, resilience, disappointment, and strength, and the humor of extraordinary life encounters hidden within the ordinary.

Eight authors and eight different takes on four dramatic elements selected by our readers—an older heroine, a wise man, a Bible, and a compromising situation that isn't.Set in a variety of locations around the world over eight centuries, welcome to the romance of the Bluestocking Belles' 2017 Holiday Anthology.It's Never Too Late to find love.1181The Piper's Lady by Sherry EwingTrue love binds them. Deceit divides them. Will they choose love?13...

Our earliest mythologies tell us we all start as a little bit of dirt. These stories carry a profound message: each of us is born with a deep and abiding connection to the earth, one that many of us have lost touch with. The Silent Spring for today's environmental activists, this book offers an invitation to reestablish our relationship with nature to repair our damaged environment.Chapter 1 examines the threats to the planet's health through the lens of the human energy s...

In 1887, a Texas teenager, Will Merritt, longs to own his own place,but his elder brother will inherit the family ranch, and good landis expensive to buy. Then, an old cowboy who is dying, tells hima tale of gold hidden during the Civil War and shows him a map whereit is located.Will is eager to search for the gold and enlists the aid of his friend,Whitmore Garrett. The gold, however, is located in the Antelope Hillsarea of Indian Territory,...

Divided sweethearts seek love and forgiveness in this collection of seasonal novellas.Forged for lovers, the Viking star ring is said to bring lovers together, no matter how far, no matter how hard.In eight stories covering more than a thousand years, our heroes and heroines put this legend to the test. Watch the star work its magic as prodigals return home in the season of goodwill, uncertain of their welcome.