Throughout Appalachia corporations control local economies and absentee ownership of land makes it difficult for communities to protect their waterways, mountains, and forests. Yet among all this uncertainty are committed citizens who have organized themselves to confront both external power holders and often their own local, state, and federal agents. Determined to make their voice heard and to improve their living conditions, newfound partnerships between community activists and faculty ...

In Environmental Justice, leading thinkers of the environmental justice movement take a direct look at the failure of "top down" public policy to effectively deal with issues of environmental equity.The book provides a startling look at pressing social and environmental problems and charts a course for future action. Among the topics considered are: the history of the social justice movement the role of the professional in working with community groups methods of dealing w...

He wants to prove he’s more than a pretty face with a trust fund…NHL rookie Archibald Fisher is wealthy, handsome, and appears to live a charmed life without a care in the world.But behind closed doors, Fisher’s pretentious family treats him like a liability. A problem to fix rather than a person. And when his granddad passes away, he’s given an ultimatum: Get married, or say goodbye to every penny of his inheritance.His family thinks it’s ...

Weston Ashford was determined to have it all. After a tumultuous upbringing, he'd found a family of his own and his calling: surfing. As a World Junior Champion, his future was finally bright, until his past came for him, and one mistake had him sinking straight toward rock bottom.Years later, he's fresh-out-the-slammer and stripped of his medal. When one last chance to follow his dream of becoming a professional surfer presents itself, he takes it with both hands—no distractions, ...

Following the long overdue break-up from her insufferable ex-boyfriend, Macie Cunningham was ready for a fresh start. She thought she'd find that new beginning when she impulsively moved to Los Angeles with her best friend, but after six months here, all she's discovered is that her life is strenuously the same. The same career—one she's not so sure she still loves. The same hobbies—or lack thereof. And romance? Painfully non-existent. That's actually the only new experience she's had sinc...

What happens in Vegas . . . might just lead to love. Will one night of passion turn into a lifetime of regret—or a second chance?Ten years after a steamy college hook-up that neither of them has forgotten, Easton Mason and Maya Atler cross paths at a corporate conference in Las Vegas. Easton, now a personal injury attorney, is still the charming, happy-go-lucky guy with great hands that Maya remembers from University. While she, a soaring literary lawyer, remains t...

**An actor hoping to fix his bad-boy reputation and a professional figure skater determined to win an ice-skating show begrudgingly team up in this sizzling, grumpy/sunshine romance.“Romantic, spicy, and laugh-out-loud funny.”—Lana Ferguson, USA Today bestselling author**Luca Vasvault thought he was finished with show business. A former child star now labeled the disgraced has-been of Hollywood, he moved to the UK to care for his dying mother. But an opportunity su...

When fate brings them back together, can their love survive the secrets that tore them apart?Carter Edwards has always been a go-with-the-flow type of guy. Except when it comes to Penelope Mason: his childhood neighbor, and the only girl he's ever fallen in love with. When he finally gathers the courage to make his life-long love for Penelope known, he finds that she's already chosen a future for herself—one without him in it.Penelope Mason is a planner by ...

A darkly sexy romance about a young woman attending an enchanted school, who must defeat a malevolent force only through accessing a very powerful magic... one that’s rooted in her sexual desire.When Mina manages to pass The Test and gain entry to a university that reveals a world of magic just beyond ours, she’s determined to go and prove her worth. But Harrowhall is full of dangers untold, and hardships unnumbered. And every one of them seems designed for only th...

**AN INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER!Two storm chasers find a love that could blow them away in this electric debut romance.**Wedding photographer Sloane Michaels spends most of her year running after brides, but she lives for the six weeks each spring she chases tornadoes instead. When the prestigious magazine Nature Shots announces a storm cover contest, Sloane knows that winning could be her best opportunity to establish herself in landscape photography.The...

After an accident erases years of his memory, a man returns to his family's ranch in hopes of piecing back together the life and love he thought he had lost forever.He’s forgotten their love story. She’ll help him write a new one.Jackson and Kate have been happily married for over ten years and live a beautifully chaotic life raising two young children on Wells Ranch. But when Jackson sustains a severe head injury that sends him into a coma, years ...

When a competitive rower’s losing streak threatens her Olympic dreams, she must train for the summer with a hometown coach to win it all back in this irresistible opposites-attract romance.“Such a fun, romantic read! I highly recommend this debut romance.”—New York Times bestselling author Monica MurphyKatherine Parker doesn’t just dream of rowing in the Olympics. She has a carefully crafted plan. With a strict tr...