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Nothing Daunted
From the author of The Agitators, the acclaimed and captivating true story of two restless society girls who left their affluent lives to “rough it” as teachers in the wilds of Colorado in 1916. In the summer of 1916, Dorothy Woodruff and Rosamond Underwood, bored by society luncheons, charity work, and the effete men who courted them, left their families in Auburn, New York, to teach school in the wilds of northwestern Colorado. They lived with a family of homesteaders in the Elkhead Mountains and rode to school on horseback, often in blinding blizzards. Their students walked or skied, in tattered clothes and shoes tied together with string. The young cattle rancher who had lured them w...
Grandma Talk
Five women sit around the table in a neighborhood coffee shop. Their cups have bold black, a variety of lattes and a dirty chai. All are grandmothers. Their conversation is about the delights of being a grandma. They are a diverse group. They have come to grandma-hood from different places -- different parts of the world, different ages, different cultures. And they have had different grandma experiences. Some live near or with their grandchildren. Some live far away. Among them, they have young grandchildren and adult grandchildren. Yet they share a common bond: to be the best grandmas they can be and to pass on a little bit of themselves. They share their stories.
First Island Cover Girl
This is an epic journey about the lives of two school friends, Dorothy Cunningham and Wilma Portland. Dorothy and Wilma are business partners, managing a wedding and catering business. The two ladies remain friends after they marry their husbands, Malcolm Melrose and Joshua LeBoun who work together as police officers. Time passes, and two decades later, the long friendship between both families is strengthened after Annette Melrose marries Gideon LeBoun, they are united as one big happy family. The novel is set on the island of St Vincent and it accurately reflects Caribbean culture. St Vincent is one of the Windward Islands; it lies between the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. The isla...
What We Sacrifice for Magic
Perfect for fans of Practical Magic and The Lager Queen of Minnesota: a coming-of-age novel following three generations of witches in the 1960s, this enchanting and heartwarming debut explores the importance of family and the delight and heartbreak of discovering who you truly are. It’s 1968, and the Watry-Ridder family is feared and respected in equal measure. The local farmers seek out their water charms, and the teenagers, their love spells. The family’s charms and spells, passed down through generations of witches descending from the Black Forest, have long served the small town of Friedrich, Minnesota. Eldest daughter Elisabeth has just graduated high school—she is expected to hon...
Reared in a Greenhouse
Beloved as the family storyteller, Dorothy Winthrop Bradford left behind at her death in 1987 diaries, letters, scrapbooks and memorabilia that date back to the Civil War and provide a picture of a way of life long gone - of a period when leisure time was plentiful and cars were few, when her hometown of Hamilton, Massachusetts was open country and Boston a closed society. These materials provide an intimate view of the vanished lifestyle of the upper classes between the two world wars. At the heart of the story is Dorothy Bradford's own life, and the 82 years she spent in the small town where she was born. It was a life, however, set against the vast canvas of her extened family, whose stor...
Mary, Queen of Angels
Mary, Queen of Angels is a nondenominational book that follows in the successful vein of two of Doreen Virtue's previous works, The Healing Miracles of Archangel Raphael and The Miracles of Archangel Michael. Within these pages, Doreen brings forth a collection of true stories from people who have experienced dramatic healings by, and visitations from, Mary. Doreen ties these stories together by category; with comments and narrative for those who wish to deepen their own connection to Mary and the angels. Mary, Queen of Angels is for people of all faiths and beliefs. It is filled with prayers for various life situations, fascinating discussions about the history of Mary, and details of geographic locations where she has been sighted.
Heartland
*Finalist for the National Book Award* *Finalist for the Kirkus Prize* *Instant New York Times Bestseller* *Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, New York Post, BuzzFeed, Shelf Awareness, Bustle, and Publishers Weekly* An essential read for our times: an eye-opening memoir of working-class poverty in America that will deepen our understanding of the ways in which class shapes our country and “a deeply humane memoir that crackles with clarifying insight”.* Sarah Smarsh was born a fifth generation Kansas wheat farmer on her paternal side, and the product of generations of teen mothers on her maternal side. Through her experiences growing up on a farm thirty miles west of Wichita, we are gi...
Abandoned at Christmas-Time
Rebecca Fillmore is a hard-working, single mother who must juggle trying to pay the rent, and raise a young, five-year-old daughter, named Caroline, in the year 2012, that she had during a night of hard love-making with a fellow college co-ed named Thomas McGlover, who ends up abandoning their relationship.Rebecca is then left with a dilemma, as Christmas approaches, and she gets so behind on her rent that her landlord threatens to throw her and her daughter out in the street, and she ends up deciding to abandon Caroline into the care of a middle-aged police detective named Paul Dablonski, who also has to decide whether to leave this poor, innocent, frightened, little girl in the care of Child Protective Services, who will put her into the system, during the holidays, or will he take her in as he tries to
Quintessence of Light
About the Book Quintessence of Light is a tale of intrigue, family, loyalty, love, lust, sex, and divine intervention. Angelique Marie Aldema DeHart is by no means exceptional. She is a simple midwestern woman, or at least she always believed this until suddenly her life is turned upside down. She takes an adventure where she learns that humans are not the only sentient hominids on the planet. There are other extraordinary souls hiding in plain sight. How can Angelique go back to her simple life once she learns the truth about the world and about herself? About the Author A. M. Nevarez was born in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. She currently resides in Los Angeles, California. She is a graduate of Michigan State University. Nevarez earned a B.A. in English Creative Writing with a Masters Degree in Education. She is enthusiastic about both historical fiction and fantasy fiction.
Alpha Black and His Luna
"I can't wait, Mr. Black. Tonight, you're all mine." "Baby, I've been yours. And I will always be only yours," he says, making me look at him. I cup his cheek and kiss his lips, filling our bodies with heavenly spark. Abigail is forced out of her pack. Her dad sells her to rogues as a teen, forcing her to run away when the notorious rogue King comes to her rescue, allowing her to flee from them. This leaves Hunter Black with a broken heart when he suddenly sees her gone. No one will answer him, why the girl he has been madly in love from a neighboring pack has suddenly gone missing. As time goes by, Abigail is able to survive, but not without favoring countless objections, struggles, and dan...
