Kerrie is on the run from a painful past, and she hides in plain sight as a summer employee in the majestic setting of Glacier National Park. Lonely and isolated from the family and friends she left behind, she dreams of the day when a kind and gentle man will say to her: “I fell in love with you the first time I saw you across the room.” Dace Mitchell could be that man! When the handsome bear ranger rescues Kerrie from her own foolish behavior...more than once, she finds herself drawn to him against her will...until she discovers he’s already involved with someone else. When Kerrie begins to get mysterious silent phone calls, it seems likely that the past has caught up to her. Can Dace save her from a violent man who will stop at nothing to have her?

"You're in Trouble with a Capital T!" Kay Napier was a happy, intelligent young woman who had been brought up in a loving home. But then lightning struck… The first bolt came in the disturbingly attractive shape of Ben Radford. The second—the unraveling of a well-kept secret—was a very challenge to her identity. She wasn't who she thought she was! But then something else came to light… Ben wanted her body, but not her love… He was marrying Nita!

* Winner of the 2003 Barbara Savage Miles from Nowhere Award * A blend of romance, humor, and adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail * Written in "he said/she said" alternating chapters, this young couple each tell their own story They're not sure which came first -- falling in love with each other or falling in love with the idea of hiking the Pacific Crest Trail (the length of California, Oregon, and Washington). At the trailhead, the young couple was warned that there would be tears, that each would have to find their own separate pace, and that at times the tent would seem awfully small for the two of them. They were told that their biggest obstacles to success would be . . . each other. Their first surprise: freeze-dried meals do funny things to your GI- tract. Their first fight: when Angela noticed that Duffy's long legs propel him along the trail faster than she can muster. But on they pressed -- encountering snakes, bears, and fellow thru-hikers with trail names like Crazy Legs and Catch 23. They baked in the deserts of Southern California, gazed awestruck at the snowy, serrated peaks of the High Sierra, and attempted to hide from Northern Washington's seemingly incessant rain. One hundred thirty two days of Pacific Crest Trail later, they made it -- blisters and all.

Boots McFarland is an adventurous outdoor-loving cartoon character who has been hiking the trails for over 15 years. On the Trail with Boots McFarland-Volume 1 is a collection of humorous comics capturing the highs and lows of backpacking life, interspersed with entries from the author's Pacific Crest Trail hiking journal. The ideas for most of these cartoons come directly from personal trail experiences... real or imagined. Over the years, Boots cartoons have become popular in the worldwide hiking community and now for the first time, the artist Geolyn J. Carvin is offering these images in book form. You'll be ready to hit the trail after reading these pages!

This is the story of my life and my quest of how I found and was reunited with my birth family. I have told this story to family, friends, and acquaintances, and all had the same reaction, I have chills, followed by me being told I needed to write this down for me and for my family. To some, it may be boring, but I hope it gives you chills and opens your eyes to what is precious in your life. To others that were adopted, I hope it will help you answer some questions you may have or help you in your search.

In the novel The Trail of '98, Robert W. Service raises a typical theme of 19th-century America: the Alaska gold rush. Like many people of the time, the protagonist is a poor emigrant traveling to America for a better life, falling in love on the way and dreaming of earning enough money to get married and live happily. Yet, his way is full of disappointment, bad luck, and important life lessons. It is a great romantic adventure novel about the good and evil in the lives of people able to leave everything in the pursuit of a dream.