Books

"Lace up your hiking boots! Let Griffin guide you over granite mountains, through thunderstorms, and wildflower-studded meadows." —Barbara Olson Lawrence, author of the forthcoming Drawing WaterAt fifty, she chose adventure over fear.After the sudden loss of her best friend, Joan Griffin could have retreated. Instead, she made a bold decision: to hike the 200-mile John Muir Trail through California’s breathtaking High Sierra.Now—not someday.Joined by two strong, spirited women also in their fifties, Joan steps onto the trail ready for exploration...

"Funniest book I've ever read." –Tom McCaffrey, bestselling author of The Wise AssIs it too much to ask that a managed care facility refund a year's advance payment when your grandfather dies before he can move in?Frank Johnson doesn't think so, which is why the thirty-three-year-old now lives in a nursing home, locked in a chess match feud with management that doesn't occupy nearly enough of his time.When foster kid Elroy is thrust into his life, Frank decides to turn...

“My brother lost you. Be my Queen at his wedding… and let him watch while I ruin you for anyone else.” My ex dumped me for a stick-thin socialite. So I made a promise: The next man who touched me would earn the privilege. Then HE happened. A stranger with cold eyes. Filthy mouth. And lethal hands. He dragged me into the bathroom of my Prague flight. Fisted my hair. Bit my throat. Burned filthy Russian promises straight into my...

You have read the books. You have made the promises. You have prayed the same prayers. And yet the pattern keeps returning.Breaking Free Forever was written for the Christian who is done with cycling between remorse and relapse, and who wants a clear, workable plan for real freedom. Rodney Koop calls habitual sin what it is: slavery. Then he points to the way out that most of us missed, even after years in church.The core message is simple and confrontational...

Maxy Awards "BOOK OF THE YEAR" and USA Today BestsellerHe’s one hundred years old. He’s ready to die.Then he meets a boy struggling to live.Murray McBride has outlived his friends, his career, and the love of his life. At one hundred, he’s tired—of pills, of loneliness, of waking to another empty day.Jason Cashman is ten, and his failing heart may not give him many tomorrows.When Murray discovers Jason’s handwritten list—Five Things I Want to Do Before My Heart Dies—something long...

All I wanted was a hot shower to start my day. Instead, I found my landlady stone-cold dead on the hallway floor.Things spiral downhill fast. First, a drop-dead gorgeous cop accuses me of murder. Next, I’m 'recruited' by a secret organization run by a snarky, talking cat named Mr. Fluffikins. It turns out Mrs. Haberdash was the Town Witch, and her magic is up for grabs. Since I was the one who stumbled over body, the Paranormal Temp Agency decides...

My brother’s best friend. Off-limits neighbor. Low-key billionaire single dad. Small-town gossip magnet. Basically, the one man I should never want. Hudson Kale is supposed to be untouchable. Instead, he’s next door. My boss. And suddenly impossible to avoid. He shows up when I need him most. Sees the parts of me I’ve tried to keep buried. And after losing the future I once counted on, that kind of hope feels more dangerous than ever. When our kids start bonding,...

Something has gone wrong with the way we think. Not our intelligence, that is not the problem. Our permeability. Our capacity to genuinely receive new evidence, to sit with uncertainty, to be actually changed by what is real rather than simply confirming what we already believe.Look around. We are living in a moment of profound collective closure. Conversations that once required courage now require armour. Certainty has become identity. Changing your mind has become capitulation. And somewhere in the noise...

“Powerful.” “Beautiful.” “Terrific.”"Skillful storytelling." "Emotionally wrenching." "Engaging."– GoodreadsWhere grief runs deep and love lingers long, one woman leads the way from sorrow to strength.In a quiet Ukrainian village nestled between golden fields and gathering shadows, the echoes of war reach those left behind. Three families, each with a story of love, hardship, loyalty and strength, find themselves on a path born of necessity.The Sunflower Widows is a “beautiful, emotionally intelligent novel” that explores the silent suffering of women whose lives...

Fifteen-year-old Natalie Ryba never asked to leave everything behind.When her mother takes a new job in Rapid City, South Dakota, Natalie is forced to trade her friends, her track team, and the life she loved for something completely unfamiliar. Now she’s stuck navigating a new town, a complicated relationship with her estranged grandmother, and unexpected feelings for the boy next door.Nothing feels like home. But the Black Hills have a way of changing people.As Natalie learns to fly fish, she...