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Eddy was a brontosaurus. A very big brontosaurus. He was so big, he towered above everyone he knew. His parents, his friends, and most of the trees. But one day...his size came in very handy! Eddy goes from a sad dinosaur to a hero. This made him very happy.Come along as Eddy learns he is perfect just the way he is.

The SecretNews spread like wildfire throughout the whole county that the most eligible bachelor was getting engaged to his young beautiful, spirited sister. How could a brother and sister get married? Everyone knew that they weren't blood relatives but they had grown up together since Hope was only a small child of three. They had shared adventures and took part in each other's struggles as they tried to follow their dreams.WillA young, rugged rancher with coal black hair and crystal blue eyes, he had always been bossy, over-protective, and affectionate at times when it came to Hope, his young shadow and later the one to whom he confided his secrets. Will was ready to settle down, fall in love and start a family. But who would have thought that he would have chosen the spirited young beauty with big brown eyes sparkling with mischief? It was rumored that he had waited for years for his young side-kick, Hope, to grow up.HopeA young beauty with golden hair and big brown eyes, Hope had loved Will all of her life-as a big brother. He was her best friend, protector, enemy, and hero. She had loved him and looked up to him all her life. Will challenged her ever inappropriate behavior for a young lady while she fought him with all the stubbornness that she could command. Why would this feisty, exquisite young woman want to settle down with Will, who was more like a real brother to her than a lover?

Brynleigh Tavish, a small bookstore owner and community activist, is thrust into a large land development corporation when her mother, the President and owner, becomes ill. Although she's not cunning and cut-throat like her mother, Brynleigh finds herself manipulated into the boardroom, negotiating properties for ritzy resorts, glamorous hotels, and glittery casinos around the Dallas area.Colton Bruens, recently discharged from the military due to an injury, is laying low at his boyhood home where his brother has created a safe haven for juvenile boys. When plans for a new casino threaten the boys ranch, Colton picks up his battle gear once again and fights for the ranch.Brynleigh discovers that the man who has saved her on more than one occasion lives on the property that her mother's company wants; will she choose Colton or stand by her commitment to the corporation despite dangerous threats? Will Colton save the ranch but lose Brynleigh?As Colton and Brynleigh race down a collision path, will they rescue the ranch from the big corporation and the new casino or will they succumb to obligations, expectations, and loyalty, living forever in worlds apart?

Emma O'Hara never had luck with men. With a horrible man for a father and a cheat for a deceased husband, she devoted her life to medicine as one of the first females to get her license to practice. She meets Douglas Fletcher on the stagecoach going to his home in Independence, Missouri, where he plans to set up a veterinarian practice. He saves them from bandits, but with differing views concerning guns, medicine, and faith, their relationship seems doomed from the start.Can she convince him that females can be good doctors? Can he convince her that living on the outskirts of civilization requires a different mindset, but faith in God is needed here more than ever?

A thirteen-year secret. A love that never died. Consequences that had to be faced.Brianna Westbrook knew it wouldn't be easy to return to her hometown to face Mac Larson, the father of her son. For thirteen years Brianna raised Lance alone, thinking it was the right thing to do. After their breakup, Mac had moved on without her, married someone else and had two daughters. She wouldn't interfere with his life.Now things were different. Mac was divorced and her son had gotten in trouble in Houston. Brianna and Lance both needed what her small hometown offered, but by going home she'd have to expose her secret and face the man she had never quit loving.Mac Larson loved Marsh Isles and the restaurant business. Even when he returned from college to make this his home, he knew he was walking away for the love of his life. Now Brianna was back in town with a secret that would change his life forever. Could he forgive her for keeping his son away from him?Would Marsh Isles bring Brianna and Mac back together?

When a single mother in a small Gulf Coast town meets a successful New York businessman from her past, sparks begin to fly. But as they fall in love, secrets he's determined to keep from her threaten to destroy their fledgling relationship.Nicole Russo runs a café to support herself and her sick daughter and to pay back her late husband's enormous debts. Independent and unwavering, she refuses to rely on any man to help her financially, even one with a guilty conscience.Slade Larson, a rich bachelor, has no intentions of staying in his former home town, but meeting Nicole and her daughter Em throws his well-laid plans into turmoil. He has no idea how to deal with the feelings he has for Nicole and Em.Can the healing power of forgiveness and love bring them back together when Nicole finds out the truth?

After two years away from Limason, Texas, Jess Maxwell is eager to get home. Unfortunately, he knows two mean men-who won't be happy until he's dead-are trailing him. Mary Beth is home for the summer from nursing school and has known Jess her whole life. Imagine his surprise that, at the age of nineteen, she's grown into a real beauty.Jess and Mary Beth are reunited, and this time, sparks fly. Within days of Jess's return to Limason, the bad men show up and terrorize anyone who gets in their way-including Mary Beth. Jess had planned to court and eventually marry the smart young woman, but the attack leaves her paralyzed with fear, unwilling to trust a man ever again.Is seeking revenge against those who hurt her Jess's only way to prove his dedication? Is it possible a wise old woman could help Mary Beth trust her feelings of love? With honesty and compassion on his side, Jess might be able to convince Mary Beth of the gentle affection he has had for her-always.

Hannah Hopkins is on the journey of a lifetime. As part of a small wagon train heading to California in 1897, she and her father know that their new life will be ¿lled with adventure, new horizons, and hardship. When Hannah is the victim of unwanted advances, she is callously shunned by their traveling companions. Worse, her beloved father, a respected physician, dies along the trail after a brief illness.Heartbroken and afraid, the grieving daughter is forced off the wagon train and abandoned to a nightmare. She ¿nds herself the prisoner of an old couple who rob and abuse her. But one day when her captors tie her to the back of the wagon and leave her unattended in town while running errands, a guardian angel in the form of a ¿ve-year-old boy comes to her rescue.In this small town, Hannah meets Dr. Tim O'Riley, who treats her injuries- only to be forced into a marriage of convenience by uncontrollable circumstances. A de¿ant Hannah vows that she will never allow any man to dominate her again. Her new husband, a good man, only wants to love her and care for her. Tim respects her hesitations and keeps his distance until his new bride is ready.To the eyes of the world, theirs is a marriage made in heaven, but to Hannah it still seems that she has lost her freedom. Can she lower her guard to ever trust again, or will the scars of her past keep her alone and never allow her to have her way?

To escape the unthinkable, twenty-year old Rae Rodgers does the impossible; she disappears into the night with only a few meager belongings, even fewer dollars, and her three-year old sister, Hope. Leaving the only home she'd ever known was the hardest thing she had ever done in her twenty years, but she had no choice. She has to get her sister and herself out of the home of her stepfather before it is too late.With only her strong will and determination, she and Hope travel on a stagecoach as far as her last dollar will take her-Limason, Texas. With the last of her coins depleted and without means to purchase food, she faints at the feet of another passenger, the striking cattle rancher Jesse Maxwell.Jesse takes an immediate liking to the young woman and offers her a job at his ranch. Rae, instantly attracted to Jesse, leads him to believe she is a young widow traveling with her child. But her new life is threatened when she sees posters in town that offer a reward for Hope's return. Grimly determined, she devises a plan to keep Hope safely concealed, even at the risk of losing her own life.

Tiny Marsh Isles becomes a sanctuary for two people trying to start over, but is it enough to overcome the turmoil in their lives.Former SEAL Tucker Ladnier returns to Marsh Isles after a wound in Afghanistan ends his military career. He chooses to live on a boat in Paradise Marina as he learns to cope with civilian life, physical wounds, and PTSD. When he takes a near-death kitten to a local veterinarian, Tucker meets Amanda Murphy. Tucker feels an immediate connection to Amanda, but until he gets his life under control he has nothing to offer her.Dr. Amanda Murphy leaves a fiancé and a lucrative practice in San Francisco and returns to the Gulf Coast to regain her independence and self-esteem. Opening her own small clinic is just what she needs to rebuild her life. Falling in love with Tucker Ladnier is not in her plans, especially when he distances himself from her.Can Amanda and Tucker work through their problems to find their paradise in Marsh Isles?

Abigail Cook never fit into the life of her prominent Boston family. When vicious lies surround her broken engagement, she endures a grueling stagecoach ride to Independence, Missouri, to start a new life. What she finds is nothing she expects.Arriving on the edge of the civilized world with no job and no place to live, she must put her life in the hands of faith. She accepts a job as a governess at a ranch outside of town where she meets Lucas Fletcher, the handsome widower and former army officer, whose life is in as much turmoil as hers.After losing his first wife, Lucas turned away from God and from living. Can Abigail show him the path to accept faith once again and to open his heart to love?

The luck of a gambling hand had changed his fate and now the young cowboy was ready to start a new life.BudAfter serving time in the Louisiana State Prison, Bud Downey spent many months winning a small fortune as a gambler. Feeling confident that he had won enough money, he packed up his stake to begin his journey to Limason, Texas-Home. After his last winning hand at the gambling table, a couple of disgruntled cowboys were angry that they had lost all their money to the smooth-talking young man. As Bud traveled near the border of Lafayette, Louisiana, he was ambushed, shot and left for dead in the swampy waters of the bayou.RosieRosie Jourdian never dreamed at the young age of eighteen she would have the sole responsible for caring for her two young siblings. With one friend in the world, an old black Creole Voodoo woman, she was abandoned by her mama and left to raise a six week old baby boy and an eleven year old brother.While fishing in the bayou river, she discovered a bloody cowboy in the swampy waters. With Justice's special herbs and potions, they nursed him back to health.Once well enough to travel, Bud Downey's luck had ran out. The men who were looking for him discovered his whereabouts and burned down Rosie's shack leaving her family homeless. With their situation changed could Bud ride away and leave Rosie alone in the Bayou-now homeless?Would this independent young girl go with him and leave the only home she has ever known?

A skincare Party turns to murder.Stormi is called to save the day!When Stormi is roped into attending a party her sister is having in her latest string of "get rich quick" schemes, Stormi has no idea the night will result in one woman's death. When her sister is devastated, she pleads with Stormi to help her clear her name. Not wanting to be involved in another murder, Stormi balks, until she receives threats warning her to keep her nose out of the murder.Anyone who knows her, knows Stormi isn't one to back down when her life is threatened through no fault of her own. She would never have suspected that someone dear to her heart would be behind the rash of crimes. Her investigations result in her trying to lead a young gang member and a group of prostitutes from their lives of crime -- while fighting to save the lives of her and her family.

When a small band of neighbors form a survival camp in the woods, life seems idyllic and safe. However, as the weather turns cold and food becomes scarce, tempers start to flare, and survival begins to take on a different meaning.Seven-year-old Effie Whatley narrates her tale of eight months living off the land with family, several townsfolk, plus her "imaginary friend" and confidante, Knock. Through this experience her innocent outlook is tested, and she learns that we all need forgiveness for deceptive ways . . . even the people we look up to most.Join Effie on her journey! You may find your inner child identifying with her, laughing a little, and maybe even shedding a tear or two.

~ Where taking the higher road can sanctify the journey~Paisley St. James discovers Brace Cordan, the charismatic leader of the Re-Occupy movement, has been left behind to fend for himself at the wildlife park where she works in Pawnee Rock, Kansas. Sympathetic to include him in the community, she gives him a job tending the lorikeets, where he devises a gymnastics act that covers him with avian attention. When Brace lends his marketing expertise to increase daily attendance and passes romantic glances her way, small town living starts looking up. Betrayal strikes the park, leaving a tag-team staff shored up by nomadic Re-Occupy members to run the Shakespeare event. An unbelievable offer emerges from the show when the post of a wacky performance goes viral on social media, but Brace allows his financial burden to overshadow any hope for her inclusion.Paisley will have to utter the words no woman should have to say, but will that sacrifice be enough to convince Brace? The path ahead becomes the higher road when it starts on a towering rock.

SALVAGING DOCTOR JUNK~Where love salvages two hearts on the ledge of loneliness~Delayne Davidson has a knack for flushing secretive birds from their cover, but when she goes into the Ozark backwoods to buy a puppy, she flushes out a handsome young veterinarian as a bonus. Try as he might, Kemp Junkowski just can't seem to gain business at his fledgling animal clinic in Harrison, Arkansas, park headquarters for the picturesque Buffalo National River. As they bond over a mutual love of animals and time spent on the river, Delayne suggests inventive ways to strengthen his business ties. When evidence of vehicle tampering unfolds right in the department's motor pool, trouble starts showing up in unexpected places. Kemp tastes success while subbing for an ailing vet at a non-stop animal clinic, so how can he return to an empty appointment schedule?Delayne helps Kemp step beyond his fear of ledges, but can she come up with a strategy to keep his clinic doors open?Trepidation may toe the ledge, but true love only lands after a leap of faith.~Because when you're on the ledge of desperation, the only lifeline is love~

~Where the right heart connection can lift the heavy spirit~Stationed at the locks leading to Lake Okeechobee, Florida, Fallon McKenzie admires the heroic rescue of a disabled boater as the lock rises with floodwater. In the right place at the right time, Bait Crate shop owner Court Reynolds offers to take Fallon around to her lake checkpoints after the surplus boat is docked, which leads to a sunset dinner invitation. Court's lifelong ties in his coastal community of Port Salerno start to fray with one neglect-driven catastrophe after another. Fallon lures Court inland with the suggestion of expanding business to include corporate fishing frolics at her horse ranch in Loxahatchee. Despite promising success, a deep wound cuts at the family's wellness. Fallon seizes the moment to save Court, but trouble in uniform lurks ahead, right when her guard is down.Fallon's love lifts Court with her lyrical boatman's renderings,but can he rally to play the hero's part one more time?A lake lends tranquility only when the heart can be lifted up above the mounting floodwaters.

~Where only the bond of love can make redemption possible~Lacey Woodhouse arrives at River Ranch to deliver the bank's notice of default for unmade mortgage payments but plunges into a horse trough and meets the struggling owner, rancher Wray Benson, up close and personal. When a bouquet of field daisies finds its way to her car windshield weeks later, she decides to throw caution-and conflict of interest-to the wind. Time in the country charms Lacey and she learns of Wray's support of an ailing family member which softens her heart. Soon destruction of his perimeter fence during the foreclosure countdown hints of trouble within her REO unit at the bank. An investigation launches with Lacey at the helm, but she has problems navigating the sole condition mandated by the bank president-she can't see Wray until the foreclosure process concludes. As the dreaded foreclosure clock ticks down, will Lacey be able to reach out to downtrodden Wray and reconnect heart-to-heart?A troubled undercurrent runs through the flower-strewn meadow of their relationship, one that the redemptive river of love must overcome.

~Where honest advocacy justifies an investment of the heart~Marin Evans finagles her way into a rowboat with a temperamental sound-side resident who's about to have his salty heritage crumble beneath him on the Outer Banks. Tyde Fearing lowers his guard to give the insistent land use planner her interview, but doesn't expect to enjoy her company as the threat of condemnation for the historic Fearing cottage makes his future seem bleak. Marin goes into advocacy mode when the historical society and recreation department clash for use of the Fearing land donation. An outbuilding with a shadowy past stands to further condemn the Fearing family-or will the shed become a plank of justification when the truth is revealed? All hope falls to ashes when the Fearing cottage is taken by an act of nature, plunging Tyde into despair. Marin's land use plan is the only life raft that will save him-and she employs a flotilla of creative reinforcements to pull it off at the grand opening of Fearing Landing.Will the shifting sands of the Graveyard of the Atlantic sink its last authentic waterman?Not when he has an advocate determined to cross the waters of the soundwith a heart that bridges an impossible task with the surety of love.

~Where healing love can lend the power to save~Nurse Cami Walsh meets an interesting man the hard way when she sideswipes cyclist Holt Ellis on his way down Lookout Mountain. Holt survives the collision with shredded hopes of improving his dire state of unemployment, but Cami's tender touch revives the man he longs to be. Cami's son Mitch insists on substituting for Bicycle Man, a local hero who's mysteriously gone missing, but she questions how Holt happens to know the delivery route for food distribution to the area's homeless. When a once-in-a-lifetime job opening emerges for Holt, Cami slips a newspaper clipping into his resume package that links his marketing genius to his anonymous community service. With her dark paternity secret finally disclosed for justice, Cami finds herself plunged into a battle to regain Mitch after he's abducted by his birth father.Will saving Bicycle Man be enough of a back-up plan to restore her little family?Only a bridge of community support can break the threat of the brooding mountains that hem her in-and only love can conquer fear.

A Promise Kept is the story of Janet Willoughby and her struggle to go on living after her husband's sudden death. ("What is life without John?" she asks.) The story follows her grief through its natural process and deals with the many challenges a widow encounters. To complicate matters, an old boyfriend from college re-enters her life. He shares her grief in a way no one else can. Janet is drawn to him but doesn't understand her feelings for him or her responsibility to her late husband.This is a story of one woman's triumph over the ugliness and pain of death and the gradual rebuilding of life.

A dead body.The only member of her neighborhood watch.A killer moves closerStormi Nelson, best-selling romance author, moved into her huge Victorian house in the private community of Oak Meadows Estates. When her agent tells her that her characters are becoming too cardboard and that she needs to get out and mingle with people, she comes up with the idea of a Neighborhood Watch Program. The problem is ... she's the only member.On her first night of patrol, she stumbles over a dead body, meets a hunky detective, who happens to be her neighbor, and clearly frustrated with her, and her mother, sister, niece and nephew arrive to shake up Stormi's peaceful life.As she is immersed ever deeper into the mystery surrounding a neighbor's murder, she decides to change writing tactics and write a romantic mystery based on her experiences. What follows is a frolicking good time as Stormi finds herself the nosiest neighbor of them all. Can she find the killer before she becomes the next victim?

Another fan wants their moment of fame and will do anything to get it.Who will suffer the consequences of Stormi's plan first?After Stormi Nelson's first mystery book hits the NYT Best-Selling List, Stormi begins receiving threatening emails and is stalked by a clichéd person in a trench coat and hat. Her stalkers requests are straightforward; Finish writing her next book quickly, or face the consequences. When nothing Stormi does satisfies this unknown stalker, she and her best friend concoct a plan guaranteed to draw the stalker out of the shadows. While Stormi's boyfriend, Matt, isn't excited about the plan, he knows things must come to an end before the stalker makes good on one of his or her threats.Accidents, threats, and mishaps keep the reader turning the pages in this small town cozy mystery by a best-selling, award-winning author.

On break from her vendor booth selling bittersweet swags at a craft fair, Lolo Henley accidentally witnesses illegal activity down along Atchison's waterfront and runs for her life.Ever short of his dream for ordination at St. Benedicts Abbey, gardener Karch Riley rescues Lolo from an unholy search party.As trouble mounts, Karch discovers veiled threats on the adjoining college campus and teams with law enforcement to protect the innocent. Evidence of illegal gun purchases becomes linked with the abbey's Vicar Copley, Karch's harsh boss. Trouble deepens when human trafficking emerges as the ring's source of funding. Sensitive to the plight of trafficked victims due to a past slight, Karch rallies awareness support from college students who start a prevention movement. Knowing a woman once cost him his ministry aspirations, does he dare trust another woman to salvage it? When the pressure peaks, a battle of savvy maneuvering along the river becomes a matter of life or death.In the heat of pursuit, ordination slips toward a far-off horizon-or can Karch safeguard Lolo and recapture his dreams from oblivion?

~His quest for innovation...Her conquest for endearment~Materials engineer Mason Porter rescues HR director Glori Dawes when a platform collapses under her at the kickoff presentation for Coleman Company's "America Goes Camping" campaign. To return the favor, Glori selects Mason as her camping husband, which launches a filming adventure through three national parks. When admiration kindles a deeper spark, Mason will have to force the issue regarding the ring on her finger that represents her vow with the devious Marketing director in charge of the campaign. Is it phony-or matrimony? Back at work someone sabotages the company's million dollar lantern assembly line. Mason's equipment inspection points to the same dark character, while the aftermath of her shattered engagement places Glori's reputation at risk in a twisted exposé. As Mason digs for the ultimate truth, Glori must confront her childhood allegiances to cling to a love meant to last.Welcome to the dawn of the age of plastics, a state of the art injection mold technology ushering in a lightweight polymer that may leave one forward-thinking engineer heavy-hearted in the end.Set in Wichita, Kansas, headquarters for the world-famous Coleman Company, in spring 1958.