On the wide grass of Cottonwood Valley, a man's word used to mean something.Not anymore.After the sudden death of her father, Rachel Calder finds herself alone at the head of the Bar-C Ranch. The cattle are hers, the land is hers—and so are the enemies that come with it.Some men want her ranch.Some men want her gone.And a few would rather see her buried in the prairie dust.Two riders arrive in the valley at the same time.One is a quie...

When a tornado rips through the heart of the Westcott ranch, the family's future is left hanging by a thread. Stubborn rancher Cole Westcott faces more than just storm damage as old grievances resurface and unexpected guests arrive with offers of help—and hidden motives. It's up to Emma "The Texas Tornado" Westcott, Cole's determined daughter, to rally friends and family, rebuild what was lost, and discover that sometimes it takes a storm to bring a family home.

They came for easy money… and found a fight they never expected.When a quiet town carriage becomes the target of a ruthless ambush, the men behind it think they’ve chosen the perfect victim—outnumbered, unarmed, and helpless.They’re wrong.Inside that carriage is a woman who refuses to break.With steel in her hand and fire in her blood, she turns a planned robbery into a desperate fight for survival. But these aren’t common thieves—they’re killers with a purp...

She came west to teach.She did not expect the land to teach her in return.Fresh from Mrs. Hudson's Finishing School in Virginia, Francis Flag accepts a position few young women would consider—schoolteacher on a remote Texas cattle ranch, far from towns, comforts, and certainty. With proper training, quiet resolve, and a single letter of employment, she steps off the train into a country ruled by dust, distance, and hard-earned trust.The ranch belongs to Lance Fergus...

In the unforgiving heart of the desert, Mattie Rivers seeks justice—and revenge. Her brother's killer, the elusive Sam Blackwood, has hidden himself in the desolate and treacherous Coyote Ridge, a place where secrets are buried beneath the harsh sands and the future is shaped by violence.As Mattie tracks Blackwood across the barren land, she uncovers a much darker conspiracy—one tied to powerful figures who will stop at nothing to protect their secrets. With every step closer to Bl...

On the high plains of New Mexico, Eleanor "Nell" Boudreaux rides herd beneath a merciless sun, her rifle steady and her past buried deep. The land is harsh but honest—unlike the world she left behind in the swamps of Louisiana.Years ago, a smooth-talking preacher slaughtered her family and vanished without a trace. Nell sold everything, saddled a red roan, and followed his trail across the South. She learned to track men the way others track deer. She learned to shoot. She learned ...

In the rugged heart of the Wild West, Verna Shaw lives a life of independence, but beneath her hardened exterior, a yearning for love and connection remains. When she finds an old love letter hidden in the trunk of her father's belongings, a letter that speaks of passion and heartbreak, Verna embarks on a journey that will change everything.She soon discovers that the letter was not just a relic of the past, but the key to unlocking a long-buried secret—a love story lost to time, a...

It was supposed to be a new beginning.Armand Reyes left his small village in Luzon, answering an American woman's advertisement for a husband — the promise of a home, a future, a family.But the moment he steps off the ship in San Francisco, he sees her: a young Filipina woman standing alone on the docks, her eyes downcast, her wrists faintly bruised.She is the most beautiful thing he's ever seen.And she belongs to another man — a cruel trafficker who sells w...

Mindful Social Studies: Frameworks for Social Emotional Learning and Critically Engaged Citizens situates the field of social studies education as uniquely poised to integrate anti-racist, equity, and asset-based pedagogies with contemplative, mindfulness-based strategies to promote the knowledge, skills, and dispositions students need to be effective citizens. Students’ Social Emotional Learning (SEL) hinges upon their experience(s) engaging in authentic learning that strengthens...

Everyone and everything in the world has a name. What is God’s name?In poetic text and vibrant illustrations, this modern fable celebrates the diversity and, at the same time, the unity of all people.“God must have a single name this greater and more powerful than all other names.” All the people of the world set out to find God’s name … and each of the many seekers is sure that he or she alone has found the right name, the only name, for God. Fina...

From the author of Tree Song and the illustrator of the remakes of Dennis Lee's classics Alligator Pie and Garbage Delight

Todos los pueblos del mundo se puso a buscar el nombre de Dios ... y cada uno de los muchos buscadores es asegurarse de que él o ella sólo ha encontrado el nombre correcto, el único nombre, por Dios. Por último, se juntan y por fin aprender lo que el nombre de Dios es en realidad. En el texto poético y vibrantes ilustraciones, esta fábula moderna celebra la diversidad y, al mismo tiempo, la unidad de todas las personas.