He needed a housekeeper. She needed a home.Fern's apartment is wreaked by monsters and she's fired the next day. With nowhere to go, she's grateful to accept any job...even if it's working for a family of ice giant bachelors. They're nice enough, if dreadful slobs. Thankfully, it's nothing a fire hose and elbow grease won't clean.A member of Fire & Rescue, Hakon doesn't have time to breathe, much less clean. Not only is the new housekeeper a talented cook, she makes his hou...

The Pleistocene spans a period from around 2.5 mya to just over 12,000 years ago, and it was an epoch of enormous change on Earth, mainly characterized by climate changes involving fluctuations between periods of extreme heat and long periods of glaciation. This period is commonly known as the Ice Age despite the fact there were actually a number of separate periods of cold.Along with the climate challenges, this was also the period that saw the development of modern humans. The or...

In 1987 young ATF agent Joshua Kendall was part of a raid on the Young Believers cultish compound. His bullet killed an innocent girl, and his guilt has destroyed everything good in his life ever since.But he’s about to learn that the most shattering incident of his life was a lie.Lizzie survived that raid, barely. Now (2004) she lives in rural Vermont, still hiding from the cult leader who has eluded capture all these years. She goes by Beth Slocum and she’s tired of looki...

Hunters of the Ice AgeAt the dawn of time, a proud people battled for survival, at one with the harsh beauty of the land and its primal rhythms. The Mammoth Slayer Named for the massive beast sacred to his people, Mamut had proven his strength and courage time and again. But when it came to subduing one helpless female, he found himself at a distinct disadvantage. Never had he realized the power of beguiling green eyes, soft curves and berry-red lips to weaken a man's resolve. He h...

Queen Vernita continues her monthly visits with her friends at the Blue Ice Mountains. While visiting the mountains she learns about the local flora and fauna.

Firestorm, a legendary creature thought lost to the ages, has returned to Evernight.Following centuries of exile, the dragon plots his revenge against the kingdom that vanquished his kind. After he murders Rowan’s family to safeguard his identity, the boy is taken in by the notorious sorcerer, Archibald Scott.Showing promise in the ways of magic, the orphan becomes the eccentric magician’s apprentice and is tutored in the elusive art of wizardry.Attempting to discov...

Any master starts at the beginning. Dip your brush into oil, acrylic, and watercolor paints, and sharpen your pastels. Develop essential techniques that will propel your art from scribbles to masterpieces.

Scrape that glitz and glimmer off and what do you have? The foundation of your life... who you really are. It's not about the Icing. Its about the foundation. So I ask you.... what kind of cake are you? What kind would you really like to be? How did you get to where you are and do you really want to stay there? Please... look at your life. What does the icing look like? Is it bitter? Is it sweet? At this point in your life, is it bitter sweet? Only you can decide what kind of cake you will...

Bliss and her mother have gone to pick blueberries. When Bliss follows a fluttering butterfly, she loses sight of her mother. Will Bliss find her way back?

A hilarious middle-grade novel about a misunderstood caveboy perfect for fans of Ice Age and Happy Feet.Lug is a caveboy who would rather paint than club other caveboys. The clan even mocks him, calling him "Little Slug." Like all the other caveboys, Lug must enter the contest to become the clan's next Big Man and attempt to catch the Biggest Beast—even though he would much rather spend his days painting in his secret art cave.When Lug is banished for fail...

Snow’s sister Lily has now joined her in the village, but she is haunted by her past. She must get past her fears if she is to find love in the Willows, as her sister did. And then there is the magic mirror in the mine...a portal back to their world, with all of its dangers. Will those dangers follow them back to Whispering Willows? ‘Thin Ice’ is the fifth book in the Whispering Willows series.