The year is 1862. Dan Fields, a Corporal in Stonewall Jackson's Rebel Army, is marching near Bath, Virginia. At the height of a blizzard, he touches the cross at his neck and remembers his Granny's warning: "You won't die in this war, but you may wish you had." Seeking refuge, he stumbles into a cave, and suddenly finds himself in 2010. Cold and starving, Dan stumbles onto the farm of beautiful Allie Johnson, who saves his life. But Dan has been followed into the future by his nefarious co...

Young Rob Johnson just wants to farm his family's land in Morgan County, Virginia, and court pretty Fannie Swann, but the outbreak of war between the North and the South plunges him into a world of treachery and violence. Threatened by Rebel conscription gangs and Yankee foragers, Rob finally joins the 48th Virginia Infantry and experiences the horrors of war.Rob still thinks of Fannie, who has been playing a dangerous game for the Southern cause. He's also attracted to brave Laura...

Ruby does NOT like bugs! Until she's forced to spend some time looking more closely at one... A funny story for kids with big feelings and curious minds.When Ruby discovers a bug on her window one morning she FREAKS OUT! She loves animals, just NOT bugs!But no amount of blowing or squirting or yelling will get this bug to go away. It will get Ruby stuck in a time out.With lots of time to study Mr. Yuck-bug, Ruby grudgingly decides he may ha...

If you're poor in the hills of Appalachia and don’t have the skills to succeed in the 21st Century, what path is left? You try what you can and you do whatever it takes to survive. Survival, not always easy in hill country, is the common theme in these three stories from West Virginia.WICKED WOMENWhen a man wrongs his woman in these hills, there’s only one thing to do: get even. For the women of Peach Tree Hollow, who have no cash, no connections, and no clout, this is hard...

With Explorer’s Guides, expert authors and helpful icons make it easy to locate places of extra value, family-friendly activities, and excellent restaurants and lodgings. Regional and city maps help you get around and What’s Where provides a quick reference on everything from tourist attractions to off-the-beaten-track sites.From wild, open spaces in the Great Smokies to the rhythms that define Memphis and Nashville to charming small-town squares and character-fill...

— Ask how you can win an hour in time —Marae O’Conaire has much bigger problems than the fact her watch stopped at 3:57 p.m. When she brings her watch to a kindly repairman, she learns she has won a peculiar prize, a chance to re-live a single hour of her life. But Fate has strict rules about poking into the past, including the warning she can’t create a time-paradox. Can Marae make peace with the mistake she regrets most in this world?This poignant tale about raci...

Grace Blackstone never wanted to be a time traveler. She also didn't want to be abandoned within reach of a notorious highwayman. A chance meeting with the outlaw leaves her vulnerable to more than her new ability. Having seen behind the wanted man's mask, Grace is confused to find another man claiming to be her rescuer.Highwayman Ethan Tanner has one goal in life, to destroy Bennett Brown. He has faced gunmen, and braved the elements, but a young woman who seemingly appears out of...

If Time Travel into the past were possible, what would you do with this power? Change History? Assure Your Future? Rid the World of Evil? The Strand explores the life of Peter and Katy as they become pawns in an evil scientist's game of diabolical manipulation and deceit. Peter travels into the past only to catch his wife Katy in bed with another man. This catostrophic event starts a chain reaction that alters the very fabric of time. Our characters are left to deal with tragic events, mem...

When author Torie Mills moved to tiny Fremont, Iowa, she found the love of her life and the place where she finally felt she belonged. Five generations of Dave Cameron's family had inhabited the large idyllic Victorian house he and Torie now called home. They settled in, started a family and seemed to be living the perfect fairytale ending.Fast forward two years Into the Future. The Cameron family, including little one-year-old Rose, have been chased from their home by the time tra...

Torie Mills Cameron's world has crumbled right before her eyes. Overnight, her life has taken a terrifying turn for the worse forcing her to make a heart-breaking decision; to leave Dave and the life she always hoped for behind her. To ensure her child's safety, she will do whatever it takes despite the cost.Dave Cameron is watching everything he ever dreamed of slip from his grasp—and with his loving wife and daughter no longer in his life, what is he left with? His dark secret, t...

Hunter Morgan is intelligent, handsome, and in love with Honor Moran. She has never given any indications that she would accept his marriage proposal, but medical school is over and Hunter needs to make his intentions known. All set to pop the question, he sees her nervously enter a dark alleyway known for ruthless activity. Hunter fears for her safety, and charges into the shadows after her. How could he know that his chivalrous act would launch him two hundred and fifty years into the pa...

While touring an English estate on summer vacation, American Leah Cantrell finds an antique coin in a spring and tosses it back, casually wishing she knew who originally made a wish with it. The next thing she knows, she slips into the water and finds herself drowning in an abyss.    In 1815, David Traymore, the embittered illegitimate son of the Marquess of Solebury, saves Leah from drowning on his father's property. In his view, she's dressed scantily, speaks with a...