The Ladies of Pepperington is a historical fiction novel that follows the lives of women connected to the royal kingdom of Pepperington. When a hidden royal lineage is uncovered, an American woman is drawn into a world of monarchy, tradition, and responsibility she never expected. As she navigates court politics, family challenges, and threats to the crown, the women around her play vital roles in shaping the kingdom's future. Bound by loyalty, love, and shared sacrifice, they mus...

Kefi and Rosie were real animals who shared a life in the Welsh hills – and their spirit lives on in this story. In Book 2 of the Valley of Voices, they explore the mountains, meet old friends, uncover the quiet magic woven through the valley's past, and meet the Keeper for the first time.A warm, atmospheric tale of companionship and the echoes we leave behind.

This book is a celebration of life. Its astonishing view is from the perspective of someone living a simple, isolated life in the Rocky Mountains as a mountain man. Sylvan Ambrose Hart was born in the Oklahoma Territory in 1906. In the 1930's, while still a young man, he walked into the Rocky Mountains and designed a unique life for himself in the wilds - hunting, fishing, trapping, panning gold, crafting his own tools, weapons, shelter, and clothes. For almost fifty years he lived the lif...

Couples find faith, love, and forgiveness in challenging times in these two holiday historical romances.The Parson's Christmas GiftParson Zane Thompson knows Miss Journey Smith is not what she seems. Stranded in the little Montana town of Walten during Christmas, she clearly carries secrets with her. But she can't—or won't—trust him, especially when her past reappears with a vengeance. Soon Zane must risk his life and his faith to offer Journey the...

In her previous books, Oriah Mountain Dreamer has challenged readers to live with passion and honesty, to embrace the true, fallible, human self. What We Ache For is a moving and eloquent call to delve deeply into our creative selves, to do our creative work, and offer it to the world.The creative process is essential to human nature. It is as essential as spirituality and sexuality, and in fact all three are deeply intertwined. What We Ache For is a prac...

Beech Mountain was once a rugged wilderness known only to the Cherokee Indians. Eventually hunters, loggers, moonshiners, and settlers made their marks upon the mountain. In the 1960s, Tom Brigham, a Birmingham dentist, envisioned a ski resort in the South and chose Beech Mountain as the perfect site. Grover Robbins, a timber man and developer from Blowing Rock, turned Brigham's vision into the Carolina Caribbean Corporation, which developed a four-season resort with the Land of Oz at the ...

This is a story that illustrates kindness to friends and animals. You can always help your friend out no matter what. It's always good to share your time with others even when you have a small amount to go around.

It has been ten years since Medoferro was unceremoniously pushed from apprentice to Mullinix. His realm has remained quiet, however there are black clouds on the horizon.His northeastern border is teeming with refugees from a nation on the edge of civil war. Sudden movements by the Mavelan forces that had been stationed outside the armistice line have left the Mullinix in a state of worry.With a new and unfriendly empire taking shape down south the world is quickly becoming...

A Place to Call HomeTraveling through the Wyoming wilderness, all Bridger Jamison wants is a job and a safe haven for his brother. Finding work with the lovely Lola Martin solves at least one of his problems. And the charming town of Quiver Creek seems like the perfect place to start a new life.A string of mysterious deaths has the town–and Lola–on edge. She isn't sure what to make of the new man in town. But she can't help trusting the handsome carpenter who shows...

Most people already know what they need to do.So why aren't they doing it?Whether it's the business they haven't scaled, the relationship they haven't fixed, or the life they keep postponing until "someday," the problem isn't a lack of information. They have the knowledge, the talent, and the drive. But going from “knowing” to “doing” requires them to not only close the gap between the two, but understand what that gap is made of in the first place....

The Mullinix Empire, an ancient land with an unusually stable line of rulers, was about to go through their succession process yet again. As had happened before and would undoubtedly happen again the Elder Mullinix Taliaferro is dying and the next apprentice will be chosen from the young men and women who are in their first semester of citizenship school. The main criteria other than competence is that the new apprentice should not want the job, as the ones who want it most are invariably ...

"The definitive guide to mountains and climbing." --Conrad AnkerMore than 800,000 copies sold since the first edition was published in 1960, and translated into 12 languagesDetailed instructions and hundreds of illustrations share the latest in best practicesResearched and written by a team of expert climbers, guides, and instructorsMountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills is the most significant guidebook ever publ...