This field guide offers practical guidance for readers to initiate and engage in resilience planning with their communities in a structured, deliberative way that emphasizes equity.The contents revolve around lessons learned from The Resilience Adaptation Feasibility Tool (RAFT) on-the-ground community initiative to advance resilience across communities in Virginia. Chapters provide background about resilience planning; a starting point for conducting holistic assessment of a commu...

The scramble for distant riches has featured centrally in the history of the Global South—from the first forays of European imperialists to the recent fascination with emerging markets. In the mid-nineteenth century, fortune hunters turned their attention to Argentina, transforming it into a front line of an expanding West. While accounts of this period often emphasize impersonal economic flows, Emerging El Dorado demonstrates that this chase for wealth has a far more multifaceted...

She needs a fresh start.He needs her to see how he’s changed.Can time really heal everything and make a second chance at love possible?Reeling from a painful divorce, and with a teenager in tow, Cam’s returned to her hometown to heal. Not only is Timber Creek the only place that’s ever felt like home, her best friends are there...and the first boy she ever really loved.Evan has onl...

Snowed in for Christmas…She only wants to ignore it. But he’s determined to show her everything the season has to offer…including love.For Andi Williams, Christmas represents everything she’s supposed to have—and doesn’t. Running away to a remote mountain lodge seems like the perfect way to escape the season. And it would have been if it weren’t for the snow storm and a booking mix-up that finds her stranded. That is, until a rough around the edges, green ...

Named the #1 Book of the 21st Century by the New York Times: The "enduring classic" about the lifelong friendship of two women from Naples ( The Atlantic).Beginning in the 1950s in a poor but vibrant neighborhood on the outskirts of Naples, Elena Ferrante's four-volume story spans almost sixty years, as its main characters, the fiery and unforgettable Lila and the bookish narrator, Elena, become women, wives, mothers, and leaders, all the while ma...

When you fall in love with your best friend, it's the kind of love that's supposed to last forever.Jo Donovan was a true believer of happily ever afters—until her best friend, Christopher, was killed in Afghanistan, destroying her belief that fairy-tale endings existed.Destroying her. Destroying her world.Five years later…Jo finds herself still stuck in the past, unable to find closure with Christopher's death.When she moves to Austin, Texas, with he...

What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas...except when it doesn’t.I’ve gotten pretty good at pretending everything’s fine. How else could I ignore the fact that my husband is never home, my son barely knows him, and the last time we were intimate...who can remember?So the last thing I want is a trip to Vegas—a city full of glitz, excess, and Leo, the man I’ve spent the past six years trying to forget. But when my best friend announces she’s getting married, I don’t have a choi...

Three heartwarming stand-alone love stories full of romance and happy ever afters set in the stunning Canadian Rockies, guaranteed to get you in the holiday spirit!Unexpected GiftsChristmas represents everything Andi should have, but doesn't. Hiding out at Castle Mountain Lodge for the season seems like the perfect plan until she runs into Colin who is not only determined to make the most of the holiday, but make sure Andi does as ...

Once upon a time…A sister told her brothers, “Eventually, a girl is going to come along and flip your worlds upside down.”She was right…...and Nate was the first to fall.After saving Remi from a house fire, Nate’s instantly drawn to her...like a moth to a flame.He should forget about her, the way he does with everyone else he saves.However, that’s easier said than done when h...

USA Today Bestselling Author, Elena Aitken invites you to celebrate happily ever after in her brand new, sexy-sweet series that will make you say, “I do!”He broke her heart once. She's never given up on him. Can their hearts survive a second chance at love?Despite having her own heart broken, wedding planner Hope Turner is a diehard romantic and has dedicated herself to Ever After Ranch and happily ever afters—other peoples.

He’s determined to leave his past behind. She’s committed to a new and better future. But a guarded heart and an inability to trust may be too much to overcome, even in paradise.Cass Cutler's life is full—of nothing. So when she gets the news that she's inherited her father's yacht, there's no reason not to head to paradise for a new start on the picture perfect beaches and the crystal clear waters of Panama for a fresh start. Learning how to sail and oper...

An enemies to lovers, opposites attract small town romance from USA Today Best Selling Author, Elena AitkenHe's used to getting what he wants. And he wants her.Successful, handsome and too damn charming for his own good—he's perfect.The only problem? Letting him in could destroy everything she knows and loves.Samantha Burke loves her quiet close-knit community of Cedar Spr...