A collection of stories, from all sorts of people over several centuries

It is 2048. Isabel and her friends have moved to Wellowfern, a select healthy ageing cluster with its own world-class research institute focused on longevity, rejuvenation and human enhancement.

Playing with your offspring helps parents to meet their children as equals and to bring fun and laughter into family life. When we laugh and have fun together, tensions are dissolved, and we come fully alive. In this age of electronic media, families are simply forgetting the many wonderful ways of playing together. 101 FAMILY VACATION GAMES includes different types of games new and old and from all around the world that create a wonderful repertoire for parents to explore with their families. The author encourages parents to use games as a parenting skill and finds that parents who do this cause their families to blossom and bubble over with vitality. Although the book focuses on games for families on vacation, the games can be used for any time when parents or other adults want to engage with children in a positive and fun-filled manner, helping the children to learn and laugh, and building lasting relationships between children and adults. The book includes games to play at the beach, camping, in the car, on the plane, at picnics, at vacation homes, and at birthday parties. Some sample games: Word Tennis, Treasure Hunt, Pebble Pictures, Storytelling Starters. Age level is 4 and up.

As Jasinda Reed admits to a friend, she "hasn't had a hot date since two years and twenty pounds ago." It's been a lot longer than that since she's trusted a man...with good reason. She harbors no intentions of changing that any time soon. Jasinda hardly expects to meet Mr. Right while working behind the ice cream counter at Biggie Scoops. One night, when a handsome and charming stranger shows up at just the right time, Jasinda fears he and his attentive flirting may be too good to be true. Pro quarterback Craig Wilder goes after what he wants when he sees it. At the top of his career, the popular football player is surrounded by fame, fortune, and his pick of any woman he wants. Well, almost any woman...the one he sets his sights on keeps pushing him away. Can the hot jock scale the wall that Jasinda put up to protect her heart? Jasinda panics when a scary incident puts her life in jeopardy. She wonders if someone is really out to get her or if she's letting the past haunt her present - and possibly destroy her romantic future. Is someone out there focused on settling the score, ready to teach Jasinda that revenge is a dish best served cold as ice cream?

'OMG... LITERALLY BLEW MY MIND AWAY!!... Whew... Ruth's writing had me enslaved to my Kindle, tapping away at the pages.' Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars Everyone makes mistakes. But does everyone deserve to be forgiven? She runs past the tinkling of children’s laughter that fills the park. Heart hammering, feet stinging, she reaches the riverbank, her breath catching in her throat. And then she sees… Three years later. Claire has everything she’s always wanted. A new-born baby. A doting husband by her side. A picturesque home in the countryside. But behind closed doors, Claire’s life is falling apart. Her husband is barely ever home, she’s struggling to bond with her baby girl, and she swears that she is being watched in the remote, lonely cottage. And when a threatening note is posted through her letterbox, saying she doesn’t deserve her daughter, it’s clear that someone knows about the terrible mistake that Claire made – someone won’t let her forget it. Three years ago, she would have known who to turn to. But now she no longer recognises those closest to her, or the person she’s become. Who can she trust? An atmospheric, chilling and absolutely unputdownable psychological thriller about a mother’s worst nightmare. Fans of KL Slater, Shalini Boland and The Girl on the Train will love the twists, turns and gasp-worthy shocks of this stunning debut from Ruth Heald. Readers absolutely love The Mother’s Mistake: ‘Wow, what a story… Utterly hooked from page one, so glad it was a weekend and I could binge read!... An absolute must-read!! 5 huge stars from me.’ Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars 'I honestly don't know where to begin with this review, the book blew me away that much. In a word – WOW!... Not many books leave me with such an impression as this one did... In such a way that I pity the next one I open for fear it will simply fall into the shadow of this one. Not many books leave me feeling the next one could never compare. But this one did... Brilliant!' Confessions of a Bookaholic, 5 stars ‘Wow… I absolutely loved it… Kept me guessing until the end… The best book I have read in ages.’ NetGalley Reviewer, 5 stars ‘Wow! What an amazing read! Tons of twists and turns and full of suspense… Can't wait for more from this amazing author!’ Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars ‘WOW. I absolutely loved this story… I had knots in my stomach throughout wondering what was going to happen next. Brilliant… One of my top reads this year.’ Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars ‘5 big shiny fat stars… This blew me out of the water.’ Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars ‘Absolutely incredible… I was hooked, I just really couldn’t put it down.’ Life & Tea, 5 stars ‘A wonderful read!... Let me say that all is not as it seems and MORE!!!... This is another of the best books I have read this year! A fast-moving thriller that constantly has the reader in suspense!’ Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars ‘All I can say is WOW.’ Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars ‘I loved this book!... It was one of the best thrillers I’ve read this year.’ Goodreads Reviewer ‘Wow! What a brilliant psychological thriller! The Mother’s Mistake is thought-provoking and chilling with a suspenseful plot and amazing characters.’ Goodreads Reviewer ‘What an amazing thriller!... Stayed up way past my bedtime to find out what was going to happen next.’ Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars ‘I really loved this book! Read it in one day, couldn't put it down!’ Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars ‘A must-read… Has it all: twisty, addictive, pulls you in from page one.’ Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars ‘Perfect… gripped me from start to finish… An amazing, totally unexpected twist… Wonderful.’ Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars ‘I couldn't turn the pages fast enough.’ Books & Sunny ‘What a fantastic book, I loved every word on every page… A brilliantly addictive psychological thriller, full of twists and turns and it kept me on the edge of my seat throughout.’ NetGalley Reviewer, 5 stars ‘Fabulous… An absolute page-turner!... It had me guessing until the end… Kept me turning the pages late into the night.’ Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars ‘Ruth Heald hit it out of the park!’ Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars

'Ebenezer's Tale' told how two young Yorkshire lads - Alec and Ben - were flown by horseman pilot Alva, on his very singular mount, out across Craven skies. And how they were landed at various places, leading into happenings that greatly interested, amused, occasionally scared them, in the company of characters and animals from another time, which they could hardly have expected to meet. 'Flight of the Yellow Bowler' relates how, as young men now, Alec and friend Ben are once more in the charge of Alva, who flies something very different this time, into situations and experiences which, again, they could hardly have imagined, would have failed to make anyone believe, but which they wouldn't have missed for anything.

Brooding surgeon Dr Rafe Corbett intends to find his little ward Molly the loving parents he never had—then leave town for good. Lilly Lake Hospital's Edie Parker intends to make Rafe realise he is the father Molly needs. But can she convince him to stay? Because Edie is losing her heart to them both…