Shiloh Ferguson returns to Twisted Fork, Arizona with one mission: bury her estranged father and get out of town as fast as possible. But nothing goes according to plan from the moment she crosses the state line. While her childhood home is as forlorn as she remembers, the arrival of Deputy Luke Wainwright is nothing at all like her teenage memory. Luke Wainwright is doing his best as a single parent to provide a stable home for his special needs daughter. While patrolling the outskirts of...

Trusting each other is the only way to defeat the evil they face. The exciting conclusion of the award-winning Grounded Series trilogy. While tracking illegal immigrants through hidden passageways on Apache land in Arizona, FBI agent Gage Youngblood, stumbles upon a human trafficking operation. Before he can pursue, an unexpected call from Qiana Apachito, his former girlfriend, now heading up the local Indian Affairs Office for the Department of Justice, interrupts his mission. He finds hi...

Happiness has never knocked on Bailey's door. When her fiancé betrays her, just four days before their wedding, she vows to turn her luck around once and for all. With a vision of an improved future, free of abusive, cheating boyfriends, she sets off on a journey of self-discovery with hope in her heart and a pocketful of her ex's money. Totally unprepared for the tidal wave of emotions plaguing her along the way, she settles in Jackson Hole, Wyoming where repeated encounters with a myster...

In the heart-warming conclusion to Jansen Schmidt's Family Ties series, set against the enchanting backdrop of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, a love story begins, igniting a spark of hope and weaving destinies into a tapestry of love and healing. After the sudden and violent death of her husband, Mesa Adler buys a cabin in the wilds of Jackson Hole, Wyoming hoping to escape her grief. But the fresh start she hoped for turns out to be more than a fixer-upper in a new town—it's an isolated property,...

A woman destroyed his trust. A man destroyed her spirit. Can love assuage their pain and heal their wounded hearts? His marriage over and his career in jeopardy, Trevor Donaldson seeks sanctuary at the Diamond D Ranch in Arizona. After gunning down the man who shot his partner, the accusations hanging over his head, the hounding media, and his own inner turmoil keep him awake at night. Ketra Weston sought sanctuary at the Diamond D to escape the ugly backlash she suffered after a violent a...

Noah must decide if the woman who has captured his heart is a cold-blooded killer or an innocent pawn in someone else's deadly game. On Hallowed Ground received a Readers' Crown Award qualifying it for the prestigious RONE award, InD'tale Magazine's acknowledgment of the very best books in the indie and small publishing industries. Noah, witnesses a stampede on sacred Native American land that claims the life of a college student. While wild horses race through the canyon below, he spies s...

This open access book examines the interrelationship of national policy, teacher effectiveness, and student outcomes with a specific emphasis on educational equity. Using data from the IEA’s Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) conducted between 1995 and 2015, it investigates grade four and grade eight data to assess trends in key teacher characteristics (experience, education, preparedness, and professional development) and teacher behaviors (instructional time an...

A warrior with inner demons falls for a woman who could save his soul in this seductive novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling Black Dagger Brotherhood series.Within the Black Dagger Brotherhood, Rhage is the warrior vampire with the strongest appetites. He’s the deadliest fighter, the most voracious lover, the quickest to act on his impulses. He’s also been cursed with two hundred years of hell. Possessed by a beast, he lives in fear of the times wh...

**WINNER OF THE MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARDJenny Milchman’s Cover of Snow is a remarkable debut, a gripping tale of suspense in the tradition of Gillian Flynn, Chris Bohjalian, and Nancy Pickard.**Waking up one wintry morning in her old farmhouse nestled in the Adirondack Mountains of New York, Nora Hamilton instantly knows that something is wrong. When her fog of sleep clears, she finds her world is suddenly, irretrievably shattered: Her husband, Brendan, has committ...

Anne Rivers Siddons's New York Times bestselling novel about four friends whose lives are forever changed by the events of one summer.For fifteen years, four "girls of August" would gather together to spend a week at the beach, until tragedy interrupts their ritual. Now they reunite for a startling week of discoveries.The ritual began when they were in their twenties and their husbands were in medical school, and became a mainstay of every summer t...

An exclusive J.D. Robb short story.When notorious it-girl Tiara Kent is found dead in her plush Manhattan apartment, the murder looks to everyone like a vampire attack - everyone but the ever-practical Lieutenant Eve Dallas. As cops begin carrying garlic and the hysteria spreads, Eve must act fast.When they discover Tiara had a secret lover, a Dark Prince, things take a deadly turn, leading Eve and her team on a chase into the darkest corners of the city an...

Training service dogs shouldn't be dangerous...Unless you are dog trainer Marcia Banks. She has two personality traits that represent both her best and her worst selves—she can't let a "wrong" stand without at least trying to "right" it, and she's nosy.In To Kill A Labrador (no dogs die!), she's reunited with her first trainee, a Black Labrador/Rottie mix named Buddy. When his former Marine owner is accused of murdering his wife, Marcia is called in to dog...