In this east -- west love story, smart, sexy sixty-somethings, billionaire, Spark Foster and artist, Helen Winthrop, decide to take their friendship to the next level in a story that sizzles with passion and heat. All is not rosy, however, when Helen and her daughter, Hazel land in Saguaro Valley. Sparks fly for these two, threatening to tear apart a relationship that has been building for years. Will Helen’s painful past and the objections of his daughter Amy drive these

Thrown together before their parents’ wedding, Buck Foster and Hazel Winthrop’s white hot attraction ignites. Each has a string of failed relationships and neither wants to get serious, or do they? How could she not fall for the man who saved her life? Hazel Winthrop, the youngest of Helen’s four daughters and the only one unmarried and still looking for what her sisters have—loving partners and children—comes to Saguaro Valley for a change of scene and decides to stay awhile, working for Robbie Morgan’s adventure tours company, a job she did for many years back east. Buck Foster, a successful California artist – painting and stained glass – comes to the Valley often to stay with his dad, Spark. When they both sign up as guides on a hiking and canoeing tour, Hazel nearly drowns, saved, and brought back to life by Buck. Their attraction already simmering under the surface explodes in the aftermath of the near drowning, then Buck hightails it back to Laguna Beach and leaves Hazel hurt and confused. Suddenly they’re stuck together planning and working on their parents’ wedding. Will this time be love, or another disaster? Come back to the Valley for #16, Morgan’s Run and share this couple’s wild, tumultuous second chance at love.

A vivid, moving and passionate story of love and redemption set in the gloriously rich landscape of Australia's Hunter Valley. Brooke Kingston is smart, capable and strong-willed, and runs her family's property with dedication and skill. More at home on horseback than in heels, her life revolves around her beloved 'boys' - showjumpers Poddy, Oddy and Sod. Then a tragic accident leaves Brooke a mess. Newcomer Lachie Cambridge is hired to manage the farm, and Brooke finds herself out of a job and out of luck. But she won't go without a fight. What she doesn't expect is Lachie himself - a handsome, gentle giant with a will to match her own. But with every day that Lachie stays, Brooke's future on the farm becomes more uncertain. Will she be forced to choose between her home and the man she's falling for, or will the very things that brought them together tear them apart?

The great mountain system that begins in that part of Canada south of the St. Lawrence, and under the name of the Alleghanies, or Appalachians, extends southward for 1,300 miles, dying out in the Georgia and Alabama foot-hills, attains its culmination in North Carolina. The title of Appalachians, as applied by De Soto to the whole system, is preferred by many geographers. Alleghany is the old Indian word, signifying "endless." It is ancient in its origin, and in spite of its being anglicized still retains its soft, liquid sound. It was not until a comparatively late year that Western North Carolina was discovered to be the culminating region. Until 1835 the mountains of New Hampshire were considered the loftiest of the Alleghanies, and Mount Washington was placed on the maps and mentioned in text books as the highest point of rock in the eastern United States. It now holds its true position below several summits of the Black, Smoky, and Balsam ranges.{8} From the barometrical measurements of trustworthy explorers, no less than 57 peaks in Western North Carolina are found to be over 6,000 feet in altitude. The more accurate observations being taken by means of levels, by the coast survey, may slightly reduce this number. It was John C. Calhoun who, in 1825, first called particular attention to the southern section of the system. His attention had been turned to it by observing the numerous wide rivers, and tributaries of noble streams, which, like throbbing arteries, came forth from all sides of the North Carolina mountains, as from the chambers of a mighty heart.