Ella is transgender. She's known since she was young; being a woman just fit better. She was happier in skirts than trousers, but that was before her stepmother moved in. Eleanor can't stand her, and after Ella's father passes she's forced to revert to Cole, a lump of a son. She cooks, she cleans, and she tolerates being called the wrong name for the sake of a roof over her head. Where else can she go?An opportunity to attend the royal ball transforms Ella's life. For the first tim...

Erika is transgender. She's known since she was young; being a woman just fit better. She loved to wear her mother's dresses and tight corsets, but that was before the disease took her mother away. Erika's father doesn't see a daughter, he sees a confused son that needs a new start in a new city across the ocean. Erika has no place to go, so with the last of her mother's dresses she packs for months on a sailing ship.Halfway across the ocean, Erika's life is forever altered. She sn...

Belle is transgender. She's known since she was young; being a woman just fit better. She enjoys wearing her late mother’s dresses and her father helps braid her hair into any style she can think of. She loves nothing more than to curl up in the courtyard of the abandoned castle in the woods with a mug of hot tea and a new book from her favorite store in town. Her life would be perfect except for one beastly, horrible Gaston. He’s a brute of a man, arrogant, tactless, and he won’t leave Be...

Ella is transgender. She's known since she was young; being a woman just fit better. She was happier in skirts than trousers, but that was before her stepmother moved in. Eleanor can't stand her, and after Ella's father passes she's forced to revert to Cole, a lump of a son. She cooks, she cleans, and she tolerates being called the wrong name for the sake of a roof over her head. Where else can she go?An opportunity to attend the royal ball transforms Ella's life. For the first tim...

Enchanted tells twelve stories of magic, power, and the choices we make. Between love, duty, and the whims of fate, these characters each fight their own battles. Some win, some lose, and others discover something entirely new.In Final Wishes, Theresa learns that her father, the king, has lied to his people for years. Stand with Duilya in The Forever Storm as she faces an assault on her kingdom that she cannot survive. Walk with Gweyr through The Summer Rite as she reconnects with ...

Belle is transgender. She's known since she was young; being a woman just fit better. She enjoys wearing her late mother’s dresses and her father helps braid her hair into any style she can think of. She loves nothing more than to curl up in the courtyard of the abandoned castle in the woods with a mug of hot tea and a new book from her favorite store in town. Her life would be perfect except for one beastly, horrible Gaston. He’s a brute of a man, arrogant, tactless, and he won’t leave Be...

Let these captivating fairy tale retellings sweep you into happily ever after. Re-imagined as black, trans women, come along with Cinderella, Erika, and Belle as they find love and laughter at the ends of their stories.Ella’s stepmother insists she’s a boy, but the princess sees her for the woman she is. When Ella is dumped at the edge of the kingdom, she finds strength in herself to create a new life.Erika’s father sends her across the ocean to the New World, only for a su...

Let these captivating fairy tale retellings sweep you into happily ever after. Re-imagined as black, trans women, come along with Cinderella, Erika, and Belle as they find love and laughter at the ends of their stories.Ella’s stepmother insists she’s a boy, but the princess sees her for the woman she is. When Ella is dumped at the edge of the kingdom, she finds strength in herself to create a new life.Erika’s father sends her across the ocean to the New World, only for a su...

Enchanted tells twelve stories of magic, power, and the choices we make. Between love, duty, and the whims of fate, these characters each fight their own battles. Some win, some lose, and others discover something entirely new.In Final Wishes, Theresa learns that her father, the king, has lied to his people for years. Stand with Duilya in The Forever Storm as she faces an assault on her kingdom that she cannot survive. Walk with Gweyr through The Summer Rite as she reconnects with ...

Erika is transgender. She's known since she was young; being a woman just fit better. She loved to wear her mother's dresses and tight corsets, but that was before the disease took her mother away. Erika's father doesn't see a daughter, he sees a confused son that needs a new start in a new city across the ocean. Erika has no place to go, so with the last of her mother's dresses she packs for months on a sailing ship.Halfway across the ocean, Erika's life is forever altered. She sn...

Internationally known food historian William Woys Weaver presents a richly photographed gastronomical journey into the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch food traditions, with more than 100 heritage recipes and the colorful stories behind them – including Shoofly Cake, New Year’s Pretzels and the original Snickerdoodles. Dutch Treats explores the vast diversity of authentic baked goods, festive breads and pastries that we call Pennsylvania Dutch (named for the German-speaking immigrants ...

Everyone longs for fragrant spring blossoms – Snapdragons, Bells of Ireland, Sweet Peas, Sweet Williams and other beauties. But few grow them successfully in their own gardens because they haven’t learned the simple techniques that make it possible. In Cool Flowers, expert flower grower Lisa Mason Zeigler introduces us to the long-blooming stars of the spring garden, the hardy annuals – those flowers that thrive when they are planted during cool conditions. Plant them in the right...