Author Marie Bishop likens her life to climate. Each season has had its own climate—growth in different ways in each season, different challenges, and different countries. In Seasons, she narrates her story, telling how her spring years were spent in war-ravaged Liverpool, England, where her large and loving extended family provided security. This memoir chronicles how summer blossomed with immigration to Rhodesia—with romance, marriage, and children. And then on toward then end of summer,...

In the early 1900s, women are not allowed to vote, much less run a business. But societys expectations dont stop the proud and stubborn Jane Odenton from doing what she wants. From the ripe age of eight, she has been prepared by her father for the eventual ownership of his steel factory, Odenton Steel. After her fathers death, she inherits the Ohio factory, where she proves she is capable of not only maintaining the business, but expanding it as well.Rich and powerful, Jane is soug...

A 2018 RITA® Award FinalistMixing fire and ice can be hell.Fyra had one job: make the vampire Bishop the underworld’s tool. But despite her best feminine wiles, the delicious male wouldn’t break. Now pursued by her fellow demons—and one very angry Bishop—she’s running out of options. Her combustible personality is more than just an annoyance, it’s going to get her killed. Leaving a fiery trail for her enemies to follow, she’s as good as dead…unless Bishop finds her first.

A devoted wife and mother faces the unimaginable as her life crumbles.Crystal Rigler seems to have a perfect marriage. Derek, her handsome and charismatic husband, and their adult daughter, Cordelia, are her whole world. In addition to her already busy life, Crystal supports the volunteer organization she and Derek started: STOP (Stop Transplants of Organs from Prisoners).STOP aims to end a new government policy of harvesting organs from executed prisoners. They learn that ...

The Cassidyverse is back!Kendra and Aiyana's world is as vibrant and rich as ever in this new collection of thirteen pieces of short fiction.You might think their world runs on fusion power, or antimatter plants, or maybe even warp drives. But it doesn't.It runs on emotions and relationships and heart.What happened after Kendra's near-disastrous Christmas party? You're not going to believe it!Kendra's journey from actress to ...

She comes home to mourn her father. She stays to uncover the shocking truth.When college student Berry returns to her family’s small Southern California farm after her father’s sudden death, she believes she’s coming home to grieve and reassure her mother that she’ll soon be back for good to run the farm. With farming in her blood, she is eager to bring new life to the failing farm through modernization and sound financial management after receiving her degree in agricultural econo...

When immortals go on vacation, things can get wild!Kalili and Faith have been together for centuries, and mischief finds them no matter where they go.Vacations are no exception.Faith has planned a passionate excursion for them, but her plans for a steamy vacation are waylaid by the return of an old enemy...with a grudge.It will take all their talents as Thirteens, plus some they don't know they have, to get them out of thi...

In 1822 a young French missionary priest arrived in America, where he would devote the rest of his life to the mission field on behalf of the Catholic Church. Jean-Marie Odin served first in Missouri and Arkansas, then in 1840 moved to Texas, becoming the first Bishop of Galveston in 1847. He held that office until 1861, when he became Archbishop of New Orleans.The twenty years he served in Texas were important years in the life of the young republic-turned-state. His life and care...

Women don't quit. We pivot.Most women leave STEMM mid-career—not for lack of talent or ambition, but because the system wasn't built for them.If you've ever felt the tension between loving your work and wondering whether you can stay…You are not alone.Beyond the Pipeline brings the choices women make every day to center stage, acknowledging the challenges and illuminating the path forward:· ...

The unauthorized biography of Canada's most famous artist couple and the rivalry that drove them.She painted as if with pure light, radiant colours making quotidian kitchen scenes come alive with sublimated drama. He painted like clockwork, each stroke precise and measured with exquisite care, leaving no angle unchecked and no subtlety of tone unattended. Some would say Mary Pratt was fire and Christopher, ice. And yet Newfoundland's Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera (o...

Mary knew from the moment they met, Earl Bishop would be the love of her life. Together they survived the Civil War and the loss of their children, only to face a much greater danger from the people of one small northern town. When Earl dies, Mary is left alone to continue the fight against those who would harm her. Can she trust local shop owner, Oliver Polk, when he offers his help, and his heart? Just when all appears lost, an old friend returns to help Mary overcome her grief and learn...

This collection, marking the centenary of Avery Dulles’s birth, makes an entirely distinctive contribution to contemporary theological discourse as we approach the second century of the cardinal’s influence, and the twenty-first of Christian witness in the world. Moving beyond a festschrift, the volume offers both historical analyses of Dulles’s contributions and applications of his insights and methodologies to current issues like immigration, exclusion, and digital culture. It i...