It’s a big year for thirteen-year-old Rose and her family as they witness the turn of the century and, after years of hard work, experience their first apple harvest out on Rocky Ridge farm. And as her feelings for Paul grow stronger, there are even signs of romance in the air for Rose. It’s a time for new beginnings in New Dawn on Rocky Ridge, the sixth book in the Rocky Ridge series continuing the story that Laura Ingalls Wilder told of her own childhood, a story that has charmed generations of readers.

First in the romantic series about a prudent woman who throws sensibility to the wind to find herself in the sunny climes of Portugal. Alice Dorothy Matthews is sensible. While her best friend Kathy is living it up in Portugal and her insufferable ex Adam is traveling the world, Alice is working hard to pay for the beloved London house she has put her heart and soul into renovating. But then a postcard from Buenos Aires turns Alice’s life upside down. One very unsensible decision later and she is in Cascais, Portugal. Thus begins her lesson in going with the flow; a lesson that sees her cat-sitting, paddle boarding, dancing on top of bars and rediscovering her artistic talents. But perhaps the most important part of the lesson for Alice is that you don’t always need a house to be at home. Winner of the Search for a Star competition sponsored by Your Cat magazine

This story is written in the period 1939 1949. Harvey leaves his ancestral home in anger! Two years later comes the urgent plea, Come home, there is no one to oversee Weltrus! Unknowingly he has inherited Weltrus by nomination! Remembering his grandmothers dying words, Do not throw it all away! He returns to Weltrus, but not alone! He is now a married man of twenty four hours! On arrival, his wife, Bessie falls in love with Weltruss rambling old house, and takes up the challenge to bring it back to what it was when his grandmother was alive! Her love and compassion brings back his parents to Weltrus in such a unique way. Then working in unity against all the odds, these four people achieve this mammoth task. Their main objective being to place Weltrus back on the map in the wine industry! This takes a decade of uncovering the many hidden mysteries behind the Weltrus Legacy to do just that! Harvey knows that his lovely young wife is a born winner, whose goal is to see that their love is based on her belief of New Beginnings bringing happiness and joy!

Rachel Harper is a widow in her mid-fifties who has just returned to Key West to spend a quiet week reflecting on her memories of her husband, Paul, and contemplating the future. Instead, she finds herself in the middle of an annual festival celebrating Ernest Hemingway’s life. After she has an unexpected encounter with Flash, a charming yet gaunt, frail man who asks her to breakfast, Rachel graciously accepts, even though her heart is still intertwined with her husband’s. As she battles guilt that leaves her in flux, Rachel wonders what Paul would think of her moving on after two years of grieving and being alone. When Flash reveals his real name in a second date and her life comes full circle, Rachel’s emotions fluctuate from empathy to excitement and infatuation to confusion. After returning home to contemplate her visit, Rachel becomes torn between keeping her independence or beginning a relationship with a wounded soul. Realizing her heart is conflicted, she turns to God for guidance with the hope that he will provide the answers she needs. In this inspirational story, a middle-aged widow returns to Key West to reflect on her past and future and meets a gentleman who prompts her to contemplate a new beginning.

Follow your yellow brick road .... Alice Dorothy Matthews is on the road to paradise! She's sold her house in London, got rid of her nasty ex and arranged her move to Portugal where friendship and romance awaits. All that's left to do is find a place to call home. But Alice's dreams are called into question when complications with friends, work and new relationships make her Portuguese paradise feel far too much like reality. Will Alice's dream of a new home in the sun come true?

A memoir of hope, healing and restoration, from star of TV's The Repair Shop, Suzie Fletcher. Suzie Fletcher is the warm and friendly face on TV's The Repair Shop that viewers look forward to watching every week as the resident leather expert - a craft she has honed over four decades and was born out of her love of horses. But while she tends to be the one repairing and offering a gentle kindness to others, Suzie has also been in a process of change, reflection, and healing. In her first book Suzie looks back over her life - which moves from England to Colorado and back again - and the places, people and experiences that have shaped the person she is today. We'll hear for the first time, how Suzie has overcome some of life's most difficult challenges, from complicated relationships to grief. A self-confessed free spirit with a deep connection to nature, Suzie's exceptional warmth and zest for life shine through on every page, making The Sun Over the Mountains a truly inspiring read that will resonate with anyone who has faced uncertainty but has the courage and power within them to overcome it.

Number 11, Dukes Square, looks just like the other houses on the Brighton seafront: a Regency terrace with elegant sash windows, a winding staircase, and post piled up in the hall for its tenants. It might be part of the city's history, but it's also a place of brand new beginnings. Georgie has followed her childhood sweetheart to Brighton but is determined to carve out a career for herself in journalism. Throwing herself into the city's delights is fun and exciting, but before she knows it, she's sliding into all kinds of trouble. Charlotte's in the city for a new start, hoping to keep her head down and somehow get over the heartbreaking loss she's suffered in the past. But Margot, the stylish old lady on the top floor, has other ideas. Like it or not, Charlotte must confront the outside world, and the possibilities it still holds. A terrible revelation sent Rosa running from London to start again as a sous chef. The work is gruelling and thankless but it's a distraction at least . . . until she comes up against the stroppy teenager next door who challenges her on her lifestyle choices. What if Rosa's passion for food could lead her to more interesting places? As the three tenants find each other, it's as if a whole new chapter of their lives has begun.

Every vampire has heard rumor of the mythical place where their kind can daywalk. But what no vampire knows is that this City of Eternal Night actually exists. And its name is New Orleans. For centuries, the fae have protected the city from vampire infestation. But when the bloodsuckers return, the fragile peace in New Orleans begins to crumble. Carefree playboy Augustine, and Harlow, a woman searching for answers about her absent father, are dragged into the war. The fate of the city rests on them -- -- and their fae blood that can no longer be denied. Book one in the brand new, action-packed urban fantasy Crescent City series, from award winning, House of Comarre author Kristen Painter!

When life goes sideways, embracing the adventure is the fastest way to set things right.One day I was just a widow facing the prospect of an empty nest, living a life that was anything but enchanted. The next, I had discovered my magical roots, and my rightful place as the Guardian of the portal between the Faery and Earth. There was shock. And there was fear. After all, no one plans to start over at forty-five. I intended to grow old with my husband. I thought we'd live an ordinary life. So I'll be damned if I'm going to waste this opportunity to live in a world I always thought was imaginary. I'm half-witch, half-faery, and facing dangers as real as the ache in my bad knee. Ibuprofen and caffeine keep me going, and I could do this for the rest of my life. Whoever thinks my family home is an easy mark better take notice: the new Guardian in town isn't going down without a fight.After all, she's already learned to let go of her simple existence and believe in the extraordinary power inside of her. What could possibly stop her now?

Gerald tells of the very unusual animals he would add to the zoo, if he were in charge.