Ice animates the look and feel of climate change. It is melting faster than ever before, causing social upheaval among northern coastal communities and disrupting a more southern, temperate world as sea levels rise. Economic, academic, and activist stakeholders are increasingly focused on the unsettling potential of ice as they plan for a future shaped by rapid transformation. Yet, in Ice Geographies, Jen Rose Smith demonstrates that ice has always been at the center of making sen...

In "The Last Heir of the Roman Empire", brings to life the gripping story of Flavia, the last surviving member of the imperial family during the fall of the Roman Empire.As the daughter of an influential senator and the granddaughter of the great Augustus himself, Flavia knows that she is a target for assassination and lives in constant fear for her life. Fleeing her home in Rome, she begins a journey of survival, discovering the dangers that threaten her family's legacy and the co...

Daisy’s Tea Garden is one of the many attractions in Pennsylvania’s Amish country—and when Daisy herself isn’t serving tea, she’s making sure justice is served . . .When Daisy Swanson arrives at Rumple’s Statuary shopping for a birthday present for her beau Jonas, Wilhelm Rumple’s cottage looks like something out of a fairy tale, reminding her of the Storybook Tea family event she’s planning. Even the man himself—short and stumpy in overalls with bare feet...

USA Today Bestseller: “Readers are immediately drawn to main character Daisy Swanson and her beloved Aunt Iris.”—Suspense MagazineIn an old Victorian in the heart of Pennsylvania's Amish country, Daisy Swanson and her aunt Iris serve soups, scones, and soothing teas to tourists and locals—but a murder in their garden has them in hot water.Daisy, a widowed mom of two teenagers, is used to feeling protective, so when Iris st...

Anna alone and hopeless or so it seems. After experiencing a terrible loss Anna must make some hard choices. Anna choices to rebuild her life in doing so she must relocate, make new friends and continue in her walk of faith. Can she do it? Come travel with Anna along the road to happiness.

In Pennsylvania’s Amish country, Daisy Swanson is serving hot tea at a fundraiser for a homeless shelter—but tempers are getting heated too . . .Daisy’s orange pekoe is flowing at a fundraiser—and she’s also made a new friend, Piper, a young woman whose hopes for motherhood were dashed by a foul-up at a fertility clinic.But before they can settle into a long conversation, the event is disrupted by masked protestors who object to building a shelter in Willo...

In a lakeside town in upstate New York, Daisy Swanson’s daughter Jazzi carries on the family tradition as proprietor of a bookshop and tea bar—as well as her mother’s legacy as a sleuth . . .Belltower Landing gallery owner Sophronia Abbott is a fixture at Tomes & Tea. She’s one of their more demanding customers—and most likely their richest. The staff makes sure to pamper her, though they draw the line at letting her poodles, Jet and Jinx, sniff around the tea bar’...

Could she have found her little boy?Six years ago, Sara Hobart helped a childless couple create their own miracle. Now she needed one of her own. All her instincts were telling her she was Kyle Barclay’s birth mother. Only one thing stood in the way of her answers: Kyle’s widowed father.Ever since his wife had died, Nathan had tried to be the best parent he could to five-year-old Kyle. Then this gorgeous, sensual stranger showed up. Legally, Sara had no cla...

Music legend Zane Gunther came to the Montana town of Thunder Canyon to escape the paparazzi – and a tragedy he can’t forget.But keeping a low profile seems next to impossible for this cowboy, especially once he falls – hard – for local girl Jeanette Williams…

She’s making over a mansion for a good cause—but her client just met a bad end in this novel by the USA Today–bestselling author.Between her booming business, her family, and her work rescuing stray animals, home stager Caprice De Luca’s life is packed. But when a murder unsettles peaceful Kismet, Pennsylvania, she adds amateur sleuth to her resume.Thanks to a wealthy patron, Kismet’s women's shelter, Sunrise Tomorrow, has inherited a run-down mans...

Joshua Flannigan owns successful toy stores and is protective of the aunt who raised him. When he returns from a backpacking trip to find his aunt's new "friend" Alexandra Kittredge helping her make major life changes, he's suspicious of Lexa's motives. After all, she looks more like a model than a job counselor!Soon Josh realizes Lexa's sincerity and compassion for others runs her life. Protective of her younger sister who is pregnant, Lexa intends to adopt her baby. But is that re...

In Pennsylvania’s Amish country, Daisy Swanson has a tea shop to run, a daughter to marry off—and a murder to solve . . .Daisy’s worried one of her employees at Daisy’s Tea Garden may be in a spot of trouble. Lately Karina’s been loading up on soup and second-day baked goods at the end of her shift—and while the shop’s scrumptious treats may be hard to resist, Daisy suspects there’s more going on, especially since Karina has been seen hanging out in a rund...