"In All the Ways Home, Elsie Chapman gracefully explores the complexities of family and loss. The specificity in which Chapman narrates Kaede's journey in Japan is particularly satisfying. An insightful, compassionate, and honest look at a young boy's search for identity and home after the death of his mother."—Veera Hiranandani, author of Newbery Honor novel The Night DiarySometimes, home isn't where you expect to find it.After losing his mom in a fatal car crash, Kaede Hirano—now living with a grandfather who is more stranger than family—developed anger issues and spent his last year of middle school acting out. Best-friendless and critically in danger repeating the seventh grade, Kaede is given a summer assignment: write an essay about what home means to him, which will be even tougher now that he's on his way to Japan to reconnect with his estranged father and older half-brother. Still, if there's a chance... Views: 67
Baker Katie Lightfoot serves up enchanted delicacies and tracks down a malicious murderer in the newest installment of this New York Times bestselling series...Hedgewitch Katie Lightfoot is juggling wedding preparations, in-laws, and house renovations on top of her long hours at the Honeybee Bakery, where she and her aunt Lucy imbue their yummy cookies and pastries with beneficial magic. But when firefighter Randy Post is found with the body of a murdered art collector, and his prints are on the statue that was used to kill the man, Katie steps in. Randy is not only Katie's fiancé's coworker, but also the boyfriend of fellow spellbook club member and witch Bianca Devereaux. Bianca and Declan are both sure Randy is innocent, and so is Katie. However, to prove it she'll have to work with ornery detective Peter Quinn again—and this time around he knows she's more than your everyday baker. Views: 67
A Beautiful Lady With A Problem, A Horse Trainer With Keen Insight, And A Marriage To A Man With A Violent Temper…Irmengarde de Warren is trapped in a loveless marriage to a cruel man who is of English descent. His complete hatred of all Scots causes him to be especially brutal towards his wife. Irmengarde feels bound by duty to remain in her marriage, until his brutality escalates and he threatens her beloved horse. Feeling the emotional turmoil of her rider while they are on a ride with Clovis, Irmengarde's horse bolts...and nearly tramples a man walking on the path, who happens to be a horse trainer looking for work.The quick-witted baroness suggests to hire the horse trainer to retrain her horse, which Clovis agrees to, but only on a trial basis. With her horse temporarily protected, Irmengarde must turn her attentions towards her own safety. After a brutal attack by her husband, she decides she must leave before he can kill her. However, don't always go according to plan.A Gentle ProtectorWhen Brogan Covell left the family farm to find work as a horse trainer, he did not expect it to find him quite so suddenly. Quickly realizing the source of the emotional distress of both the beautiful woman and her gentle mare, he accepts the task of “retraining” the horse, if only to save it's life. It doesn't take long for Brogan to ascertain that the horse is not the only thing in need of his protection, and vows to do all he can to protect Irmengarde as well, since he has fallen in love with the strong Lady Irmengarde, despite the fact that she is married already.When Irmengarde makes the decision to flee her husband, Brogan makes a quick decision to see her to safety, even at the expense of his life. In a bold move, Brogan rescues Irmengarde from Clovis after he captures her on the path to the abbey. However, Clovis does not let her go very easily, and Brogan must challenge him to a sword fight to free her, where he not only injures Clovis greatly, but also gets injured himself.A Love That EnduresNow that Brogan and Irmengarde have made it safely to Edinburgh and the Bishop, they have one last test of their love: to see if her marriage to Clovis will be annulled. After receiving the annulment, Brogan wastes no time in making Irmengarde his for life. For a woman married to a brutal Baron and a gentle stable hand well below her station, love – and life – will not be easy and danger lurks around every bend!Can Irmengarde find her freedom in love – or must she remain with a man who would brutalize her? Views: 67
WINDS of FURY Brief narrative synopsis outline The WINDS of FURY Series is an 18th century sailor's tale of adventurous suspense and intrigue. It is a story of a young German lad, Heinrich Drope, born of aristocratic lineage. He becomes entangled in fateful circumstances while striving to establish his own merchant shipping business far from the lavish lifestyle he was born into. Voyages filled with unforeseen dangers await him and his crew over every horizon. Prompted by ardent dreams to be successful by hard work, he and his handpicked crew are fatefully destined to face inhospitable ordeals that take them into seas of tribulation and combative peril on the high seas. Each episode along their life's route is filled with inevitable distress, provocation, and enmity as they are hounded by pirates and privateers who are intent to rob them of their cargo and ship, looking to collect on a bounty set by the British. The disparaging bounty on their... Views: 66
