Fingernail Moon, the true story of a mother and daughter’s courageous journey. An inspiring story of Janie Webster’s daring quest to save her daughter’s life. When Webster discovered that her husband had sexually abused their daughter, her seemingly content life changed forever. She began divorce proceedings, but the court allowed unsupervised visits between father and daughter. Then her husband was diagnosed with AIDS. Terrified that he could further abuse and even infect their daughter, Janie Webster knew that she had to flee. Mother and daughter embarked on a five-year journey around the world. Although often discouraged, they found within their physical journey a deep spiritual meaning. With God’s guidance, they established and reestablished new lives in the countries where they stayed, finding people they could trust who provided them with friendship and assistance. Despite the threat of deportation and imprisonment hanging over them, they sensed the hand of God engineering their safe passage.

For fifty years Tessa Yates Clatterbuck is surrounded by death, but if her silent wish would have come true the day her husband died, she would have never gotten to experience a long lost dream, much less an unlikely love affair. Beau Patten is the witness to the heart wrenching scene of a woman losing her husband. His career as a country music star is taxing him, along with his nasty divorce, thus driving him to be careless and take up with younger women. It is only when Tessa and Bea’s worlds collide, literally, that the unfolding drama and suspense will be unraveled between a southern lady and a not so southern gentleman. With a fascinating cast of characters, Fingernail Moon will pull at every human emotion.

Belle can never outrun her guilt. One irrational act when her emotions were at their most vulnerable has placed her on a collision course with not only the law and the lives of strangers but the hearts of those she loved. Belle realizes her old life has to be placed in the past and her new life lived in total dependence upon God one day at a time or she will ruin the life of her child. She would die for this child, so why shouldnt she live for him? She struggles to protect their privacy when recognition and publicity promote her son as a child star. He becomes known as the Ghost Rider on national rodeo circuits. As Belles life evolves and meshes with a new husband and a daughter of their own, the battles in her head torment her until that dreaded day when her son forces her to face the truth of the past, a past that will release him to choose a new life. From the dark alleys of drugs and crime to the boardrooms of business moguls, you will catch a glimpse of Gods sovereignty and his thread of mercy and grace woven throughout the characters you will come to love.

Ali is an alligator living in the swamps of Louisiana. He is thrown into a cruel world after the violent death of his parents by hunters. He embarks upon a journey not knowing where he will wind up. He ultimately ends up in a magical world of a pond inhabited by talking creatures and trees. Ali comes to a realization that there is a reason for his ending up at this pond. He is the chosen one to rid the Land of the Pond from evil inflicted by the Lizard King, a bearded dragon who wants to rid the pond of its magic and good. Ali and his friends, Bubba, a bubbling bullfrog, Custer, an irate catfish, and Poe, a fiery firelfy, are dedicated and united in this adventure. Guided by the Moon, who has a character and identity of her own, Claire de Lune, remains Ali's constant companion, guiding him and his leadership, not only with soft illumination, but endowing him with the light of reason, judgment, comfort and warmth.

In this collection of 40 essays, Meg Barnhouse writes about everyday events such as dropping stuff off at the thrift shop or watching TV with the kids--and she transforms them with her offbeat humor and infectious hopefulness. We meet characters like Julia Hill, who set up camp atop an old-growth redwood in order to stop the loggers: "Maybe she's a saint. Maybe she's nuts. I don't have to decide." And Mike, who parks his Chevy Silverado in vacant lots next to a homemade sign. On the day Barnhouse found him, his sign read: "Mom and Dad, are your children saved? The devil is after their souls." "One of my hobbies," Barnhouse says, "is talking to people who aren't going with the flow." Barnhouse puts her faith in the Karma Fairy, who is "here to show us that we are not safe in our righteousness, our intelligence, our careful nutrition, our common sense, our hip and groovy walk in the Tao. She is here to give us deep, full hearts. She is here to show us that we have it in us to make as big a mess as the next person. If we are ever going to find a cure for self-righteousness, the root of all separation, of all cruelty, we need her touch."

Supernaturally tinged stories from William T. Vollmann, author of the National Book Award winner Europe Central Watch for Vollmann’s new work of nonfiction, No Immediate Danger, coming in April of 2018 In this magnificent new work of fiction, his first in nine years, celebrated author William T. Vollmann offers a collection of ghost stories linked by themes of love, death, and the erotic. A Bohemian farmer’s dead wife returns to him, and their love endures, but at a gruesome price. A geisha prolongs her life by turning into a cherry tree. A journalist, haunted by the half-forgotten killing of a Bosnian couple, watches their story, and his own wartime tragedy, slip away from him. A dying American romances the ghost of his high school sweetheart while a homeless salaryman in Tokyo animates paper cutouts of ancient heroes. Are ghosts memories, fantasies, or monsters? Is there life in death? Vollmann has always operated in the shadowy borderland between categories, and these eerie tales, however far-flung their settings, all focus on the attempts of the living to avoid, control, or even seduce death. Vollmann’s stories will transport readers to a fantastical world where love and lust make anything possible.

In a terrifying and brutal future world, cities are mounted on giant wheels. They hunt each other to the death. Cataclysmic wars and stalking robotic hunters are revisted in a stunning relaunch of one of the greatest post-apocalyptic adventure series ever written. All four installments of Philip Reeve's internationally bestselling quartet are now available as a single ebook, featuring exclusive bonus material - the previously unpublished THE TRACTION CODEX.

Plagued by waking visions and nightmares, sixteen-year-old Faye thinks she’s going crazy. Fast. She can hardly blame her parents when they ship her off to the prison-like Holbrook Academy for treatment. On her first night at Holbrook, she feels strangely connected to the school, like she’s come home. But when strange and terrifying things start happening to Faye and her newfound friends, Faye knows she’s the reason, but what does it mean? The handsome Kel helps her unravel the mystery, but Faye is certain he’s also trying to kill her—and maybe the rest of the world too.

MORTAL ENGINES launched Philip Reeve's brilliantly-imagined creation, the world of the Traction Era, where mobile cities fight for survival in a post-apocalyptic future. Now, in time for the film debut, the critically acclaimed MORTAL ENGINES quartet is repackaged in a boxset with fantastic and eye-catching covers featuring new artwork.

Worst. Proposal. Ever. Riga’s midlife magic might be malfunctioning, but at least her love life’s getting a do-over… Until an FBI raid interrupts Donovan’s marriage proposal. Is the fairytale over? This no-nonsense metaphysical detective is determined to find the truth. But the supernatural has other plans for her time, and Riga is forced to protect a shaman stalked by a clever killer. And as the mysteries of Donovan and the shaman become entangled, Riga must choose between facts and faith. Just how far is she willing to go for love…? If you love talking gargoyles, smart mysteries, and mature heroines with complicated lives, you’ll love this midlife mystery series. Pick up this page-turning paranormal women’s fiction today! Because this complicated, Gen-X detective isn’t like the others... The Shamanic Detective is book 2 in the Riga Hayworth Paranormal Mystery series. Start reading now!