Solve a mermaid's problem…Step off the edge of a roof…Dig up a grave at midnight…Take advice from a fortune cookie…Visit the last library…Meet a bridge troll…And more…In one instant, like a bolt of lightning, a single impossible event changes a person's life. And like the trace of lighting in the sky, each is unique and interesting.These wildly different flash stories delight, astonish, scare, and inspire. Enjoy 64 delightfully ecle...

Not only are the Oak Tree Press authors wonderful writers, they are also great cooks. Meals often appear in their books. This cookbook assembles the best of their recipes along with author profiles and a bit about their books. contributors include: Amy Bennett, Holli Castillo, Lorna Collins, Lesley A. Diehl, Michael Eldridge, Nicola Furlong, J.L. (Janet) Greger, Shirley Skufca Hickman, Ann K. Howley, Marilyn Levinson, J. R. (John) Lindermuth, Nancy LiPetri, F. M. (Marilyn) Meredith, Sharon...

"Princess Amelia is dead . . . and one of you will replace her."Seventeen-year-old Victoria Sandalwood has served the Duke and Duchess all her life. Over the years, she's learned to make do with what she has and endure her surrogate father's awful punishments. She dreams of escape, but never expected it to come in the form of a message from the Queen of Westeria.Victoria learns that she's the Queen's daughter, the younger sister to Princess Amelia, and it's...

The second semester has begun for the Life Elemental Sophie Briggs and her friends at the famous School of Roots and Vines. Things are changing and it may not be for the best.Even Sophie is changing, though she doesn't see her new abilities, yet. Just what is going on?A new girl comes to the school and it's not too long before the fabled tree of Thicket Hall is turning against Sophie and her friends and no longer trusts them.Someone...

This book explores contemporary issues in respect of causes of action which operate to protect a plaintiff's economic interests.It examines the question from across the spectrum of private law. Focusing mainly on common law principles, it looks in particular at the treatment of such causes of action in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Singapore as well as other common law jurisdictions. Addressing both theoretical and doctrinal issues, this important book will appeal to both ...

Sophie Briggs has made it to her junior year at the School of Roots and Vines, but it isn't all fun and games for the Defenders.Change is coming. Some good and some . . . not so much. Friends are breaking up—will Sophie have to take sides?Sophie and Marcus are struggling, too. Marcus is pushing Sophie and the rest of the gang away, worried that being a Templeton will put them all at risk. He thinks he needs to do this by himself.Does he have to go i...

New responsibilities, new classes, new challenges.The first semester of sophomore year at the famous School of Roots and Vines has begun for life Elemental Sophie Briggs and her friends.Although Year Two brings a whirlwind of change, some things feel straight out of a not-so-ancient past.Sophie and Marcus become Combat Mentors, giving them more time together. Until Marcus's secret internship makes him miss more and more school.Something stra...

The last semester of classes for Sophie Briggs at The School of Roots and Vines is racing to the end. A confrontation and battle with the Serpent, Azdaja, is fast approaching.The legendary Thicket Hall is dying and no matter what the Defenders do, they can only slow the ancient tree's death, not stop it.Could its end lead to a new beginning?If the Defenders can defeat the Serpent. Then death can lead to new life.Graduation, a wedding, a deat...

Everything is changing. It's the last semester of junior year for the Elemental, Sophie Briggs and her friends at The School of Roots and Vines.But will it be for better or worse?Classes take a priority for the teenagers but work and figuring out how to be a Defender is a close second.Both Marcus and Sophie's mysterious new tutor at the EBI have secrets to hide. Will Sophie harness a new curiosity in pursuit of the truth about them both?Marc...

"Princess Amelia is dead . . . and one of you will replace her."Seventeen-year-old Victoria Sandalwood has served the Duke and Duchess all her life. Over the years, she's learned to make do with what she has and endure her surrogate father's awful punishments. She dreams of escape, but never expected it to come in the form of a message from the Queen of Westeria.Victoria learns that she's the Queen's daughter, the younger sister to Princess Amelia, and it's...

Sophia Briggs has passed the entrance exam and is a freshman at the famous School of Roots and Vines. The young magical is an Elemental with a twist. She can help everything that grows out of the ground—and then some. Her magic is a kind that hasn't been seen in generations.A secret even to her, but not for long.In the center of the boarding school stands an oversized oak tree that stretches across the campus and houses the classrooms—and i...

Sophie Briggs will have to fight her way out this time but without her elemental gift of life. It's the spring semester of Year Two at the famous School of Roots and Vines.The National Elemental Skills Trials are coming up, and Sophie and her friends are called to represent the school in faraway Colorado.Dark forces and powerful, all-too-familiar enemies are out to kidnap Sophie and steal her elemental powers. They'll stop at nothing to get their revenge.