She has it all—or does she?Amanda Sinclair has taken her family's import business to new heights—at the cost of anything resembling a personal life. For her, it's a fair trade. Slow to trust, she finds safety in the familiar rhythms of business.But now a shocking betrayal has shaken her faith in herself and placed her company in jeopardy.Jacob McKinnon, the new accountant at Sinclair Imports, holds the key to dealing with the crisis. Given what he h...

Imagine a Land…Where birdsong fills the sky over field and forest, while rustling leaves play a subtle harmony;Where skilled fingers dance over the holes of a flute, pluck music from strings in a cascade of evocative notes;Where bards compose songs and tales to inspire the heart.And now, imagine a land with no music…He's a Musician, not a WarriorAfter enduring a brutal childhood, Bryar wants nothing more than...

Life Isn't What It Used to BeLet's have a look at Fran's life:Husband deceased (but his stern portrait on the wall is an adequate stand-in, in some ways). Kids grown and gone. Career a distant memory. Driver's license a thing of the past (just as well, after the stop sign incidents). Suburban home sold. Her current address is a cozy unit in an upscale seniors' residence she calls the Facility.Fran is elderly, but far from over the hill. Politely ind...

A Most Unusual PetCassie doesn't expect anything more than a pretty decoration when she purchases a stone egg from a dusty store downtown. But then the egg rock-n-rolls, cracks open, and yields a scrap of red…A scrap with attitude. A scrap that shakes itself off, musters its dignity, and huffs a sulfurous huff.Between the ex, opinionated friends, uptight neighbors, and animal control, it's pretty clear there are challenges ahead.Besides, how...

The Magic in a StoneDrought has struck Borgonne, and no amount of weather magic relieves it. After three hundred years of enforced separation, trade with the agrarian land on the other side of the dangerous, spell-riddled hills is imperative. Simply put, Borgonne needs food.Neve Farmer, a self-trained master of earth magic, and Santon Fernandez, once apprenticed to a mage who was murdered, are charged with building a road, a trade route to the far south whe...

Love and LiesMary, former wild child, gave up on men years ago. Those she's met either lust for her or want to change her. She is resigned to spending her life as a single woman.Besides, she has a secret – a secret who's now nineteen years old. Zach was raised by her parents, and she never told her friends in Calter Creek she's a mom. It's a bit late now.Then she meets Chris, everyone's image of a good guy. Is he interested? Oh, yes. But Mary reject...

Imagine a Land…Where the air is clear, and life is lived simply but fully;Where the seasons follow the sun from sowing to harvest, from winter's hibernation with music and stories through the revels and feasting of summer;Where people called Weavers, people with special powers, walk the byways to bring healing, entertainment, and knowledge to towns and hamlets.And now, imagine this peaceful land under threat…Her Healing Power...

For Kate, it’s about historical research.For Jamie next door, it’s about Kate – and a meddling grandfather.For Gramps, it’s about a secret.For them all, it’s about a dusty attic full of old furniture and long-forgotten treasures.As Kate cleans out the hundred-year-old attic, she imagines finding letters tied in ribbon, an entry into a romantic love story. More practical, Jamie hopes to find a love story in the real-life person of his next-door neighbour. His...

Defending What MattersAt seventeen, John, an apprentice mage, finds himself alone in the Midland following a narrow escape from the spell-riddled hills. Equipped only with the skills he has acquired from his farming background and his mage training, he sets out for the Motherhouse, the training facility for the Midland's mages – Weavers, they are called – and a possible route home to Borgonne, on the other side of the hills.Hugh, a Weaver belonging to the H...

His plans could devastate her island.But the island had other plans for him.Stacie Halloran was perfectly content running her bed and breakfast in Windon Harbor, on Malaspina Island off the Pacific coast of Canada. Or maybe not perfectly content, since there was a decided shortage of eligible men of a certain age on Malaspina. But it was home, and it was a living.Then the hot-shot executive from the timber company that owned Nathan’s Forest ...

Imagine a land…Where time unspools day by day, little changing beyond the markers of living;Where history is lost in time, and only the present is real;Where the land heals old wounds, and those who seek, find.And now, imagine a restless Scribe who aches to know more…To Study History … or to Live It?First the Aura, the life-enhancing energy blanketing their planet, came under attack. Now Borgonne, across the ...

Who is Constance Deveraux?A doctor. A mother. A wife.A responsible woman. A successful woman.A woman certain that Terra, her home planet, is doomed.Seeking safety, she signs on as medic aboard the rogue starship Adventurer, fleeing Terra for a distant planet.She does it for her family. Things don't work out as planned.~The ship arrives at a supposedly uninhabited planet to find a thriving, if primitive, civilization. ...