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Come on up and celebrate the first 100 years of America in this newly incorporated town in the mountains of Arizona called Flagstaff. Enjoy the fresh air from the tall pine trees and the rough and gruff Mr. Ryan Anderson, who's just sent off for a new bride, the most helpful local folks, 12 chickens and the lovely, with a positive attitude, Autumn Clancy.

This much-loved historical, inspirational Western romance series, based in the mid-18th century of the old West, is about empowered women who turn around their hopeless circumstances, with strong faith, and discover authentic men and true love. Meet Winter: she has been scandalized and put to shame in her beloved town of Bangor Maine. Unable to go to her local church and support herself after the incident, she takes the only option she has to seek marriage far away from all of this pain and suffering.

From the number-one best seller of My Snow Day and Sparkly Me, get new ideas on what to do on a rainy day. When Gabi wakes up, she can hear the rain tapping on her bedroom window. Would she stay home all day or go out to seek new adventures? Put on your rain boots, and get ready to go on a splashy adventure with Gabi! This book is about friendship, fun, and creativity.

It's the first day of snow, and Gabi and her siblings are about to get creative. They have the most brilliant idea: they will build the best snow-woman ever! This book will not only empower your child by sending the message that children can trust their own thinking and ideas, and implement them all by themselves, but will also emphasize the importance of team work.

Meet June Dennings - her husband died, she's running out of money, there is no good local man left to marry. She takes a giant leap of faith accepts an offer of marriage and a train ticket to becoming a mail-order bride on a faraway dry, dusty desert town of Amarillo to marry a cattle rancher that she had corresponded with only four times and has never met!

Meet Rayne: she ain't getting any younger, and it's slim pickens for eligible men in her tiny Wisconsin town of Taylor Falls. Her sense of adventure and encouragement by family to go out west and seek love kicks in! She travels two weeks by train and three days by a bouncy horse stagecoach that leaves her bruised and battered so she can arrive in a newly developing town called Bozeman to marry the local veterinarian whom she has never met.

Meet Summer Percy. She lost the only family she had, there's no work to be found for her in Pennsylvania, and her meager savings is almost finished. After her father died in a carriage accident, she finds herself traveling for three weeks by train to the tiny town of Laramie to marry the local US Marshal, which she has never met. She meets Mary, an older woman who was a successfully married mail order bride. She shares a secret that could change everything.

Approximately four years ago (in 2010), I saw the most unbelievable happening. My adorable Yorkshire Terrier, named Wizzie, saved a drowning kitten from my family's pool in San Diego. It was an astonishing act of bravery for this 6 and a half lb. bundle of fur.

Set in the bright lights of daytime television, Satan's Sisters is the story of The Lunch Club – a long-running, popular ladies' talk show in which alliances are forged, careers are made, and bridges are burned. The show's famous red couch is ruled by its esteemed matriarch, Maxine Robinson, the first African-American to become a network news anchor, who maintains a hidden safe of diaries chronicling others' indiscretions for posterity – and leverage as needed.

This book will provide you a simple road map to staying healthy, fit and mobile for the remainder of your life. You might say that's all good and a big claim to live up to, and you'd be right. But like I said, it’s a road map which means you have to take a trip on the road less traveled. But don't fear, because if you've read this far then you’re almost there. The cool thing about this program is that if you follow the simple rules and exercises in this book, you'll be amazed at how easy walking down that road less traveled can be.

A collection of the best science and nature articles written in 2021, selected by guest editor renowned marine biologist Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and series editor Jaime Green. Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, renowned marine biologist and co-founder of the All We Can Save climate initiative...

Tiffany Gibbons is a single mother of 4 children that recently inherited a home from her deceased grandmother in the Ridgely Square community of Baltimore City. While attempting to help her best friend Sasha Green along with developing a relationship with her estranged aunt, Gina Simms, Tiffany finds herself on a dangerous collision course with a local gang called the Alphas and a crooked unit of police called the Narcotics and Firearms Taskforce, lead by Detective Marshawn Bell.

Mary is about the mother of Jesus and the arc of her development from a peasant teenager to an icon in the church, to a bold witness of the Gospel who journeys from Jerusalem to Samaria, to the mostly Gentile church in Antioch of Syria, and finally to Ephesus, a major metropolitan city of Asia Minor. This book tells the story of Mary in the style of a memoir while still being faithful to the canon of scripture in the hopes that women who seek to have their voices heard in a male-dominated society will find inspiration and strength.

As an amateur sleuth, Lira has used her extraordinary intuitive abilities to assist the police. But this latest case of a woman's abduction is her most challenging yet. The recurring dreams leave Lira desperately searching for clues to the victim's identity and location, even as the weight of this burden threatens to push her to the brink of collapse.

Who knew chasing immortality would be so hard? To keep her human friend from being turned by her overzealous vampire mate, Phaedra has to find an artifact that grants its owner eternity. But her former partner turned leech insists on inserting himself into the search, and he's got a surprise for her: She's his mate. There's no way this Fae warrior is tying herself to a vamp forever, but escaping him is as easy is flying on broken wings. And that's not the only shock she's in for. A leech for a mate is bad enough, but a vampire sibling… Fangs don't belong in her family, right?

Zillayah Andrews wants nothing more than to finish her last year of school. She's almost out the door. Almost able to find the truth about Ameslan's dirty little secret. This new world may look perfect with its fae creatures, two suns, and ecological advancements. It may be exactly what the human ancestors hoped for when they found this planet so many centuries ago. It might just be the utopia to beat all utopias...Until you speak. One sentence. One word. One mistake.

It’s opening day, and Rose eagerly awaits her first guest. Juggling excitement and nerves, she’s determined to keep her new bed & breakfast afloat despite bad weather and a lecherous plumber. Now that Seaview is refurbished and reopened Rose’s dream seems to be coming true, but the arrival of Hurricane Alphonso might end her dream before it can really begin. Her first guests are in residence and one of them acts like the hurricane with its wind, rain, and power outages is a personal affront.

Ella Thomas and Dan Martinson are excited to leave their families and friends behind in Green Bay and move to the island of Bonaire in the Caribbean to pursue their dream of owning a dive shop. Dan finds a job as a diving instructor immediately, but Ella can’t get a work permit. The excitement and beauty of the coral reefs fill Dan’s days. Ella’s stuck cleaning up other people’s messes for cash under the table. They’re dedicated to saving as much as they can so that when a dive shop becomes available, they can act fast. An unexpected opportunity threatens to drive a wedge between them.

Despite her son’s vehement objections, Rose buys the ramshackle Caribbean beachfront bed and breakfast. She’s confident that she can oversee the work in time for the start of tourist season. That is until the Health Inspector locks them out of the building. Desperate to get the crew back to work she pleads with the plumber to get the key and finish at least one bathroom. The plumber has his own agenda. Rose’s confidence is nearly destroyed by this major setback. Can Rose and her crew finish the job before the first guest arrives?

Kate made the bold decision to take her 9-year-old daughter, Sophie, from North Carolina to spend Christmas with their longtime family friend, Becky, in northern Ontario. Despite her ex-husband's strong objections and attempts to prevent Sophie from traveling, Kate triumphed, securing permission for their much-anticipated trip. However, just hours after departing, chaos erupted as all flights across North America were grounded, forcing their plane to make an emergency landing.