Small States

The twelfth book in Melanie Jackson's bestselling Chloe Boston Cozy Mystery Series is a 31k-word book containing the stories "Snow Angel" and "High Society." "Melanie Jackson is a talent to watch." —WritersWrite.com In "Snow Angel," Alex and Chloe are headed out of town, ready to spend a peaceful Christmas at a ski resort in Bethlehem, Colorado. Once there, Chloe finds that all is far from peaceful and bright in the newly restored hotel with a dark history. Someone wants to keep the hotel from officially opening on New Year's Eve and is willing to sabotage the resort, even if it puts ...

Ever since she was a teenager, Carmen Douglas couldn't wait to finally say goodbye to Pronghorn, a small town that catered to tourists along a remote stretch of the Colorado river. When she receives word of her father's death, she returns to Pronghorn with the idea that it will be her last trip. Yet while she settles her father's affairs, she is confronted by events of her own past. Tim was never interested in leaving his hometown and happy working for Carmen's father taking guide trips up the river. And although Carmen ran off to Seattle to get far away from him and Pronghorn,Tim has never...

The State of Jones is a true story about the South during the Civil War: the real South. Not the South that has been mythologized in novels and movies, but an authentic, hardscrabble place where poor men were forced to fight a rich man's war for slavery and cotton. In Jones County, Mississippi, a farmer named Newton Knight led his neighbors, white and black alike, in an insurrection against the Confederacy at the height of the Civil War.

In the fifteen masterful stories that make up this collection, Jai Chakrabarti crosses continents and cultures to explore what it means to cultivate a family today, across borders, religions, and race.

When a powerful hurricane sweeps across the Outer Banks, field researcher Riley Thorne finds herself stranded in a battered cabin — and in over her head. She's used to studying migration patterns, not surviving natural disasters. As isolation threatens her research and safety, unexpected help arrives in the form of Micah Boone, a local carpenter with a knack for fixing broken things — cabins and hearts alike. Micah is no stranger to storms or stubborn outsiders. Riley's fierce independence draws him in, but her guarded heart might be harder to mend than the storm-damaged porch. Forced ...

The fourteenth installment in Melanie Jackson's bestselling Chloe Boston Cozy Mystery Series is a 9k word short story. Melanie Jackson is a talent to watch." —WritersWrite.com It's Saint Patrick's Day in Hope Falls and the citizens are celebrating by having the mayor of their sister city in Ireland over to join in the festivities. Unfortunately, things go from bad to worse as rivers run red, drinking of Guinness takes its toll, and a criminal pursuit by Officer Bill is required. This is a fast paced short story with plenty of laughs as Saint Patty's becomes a day to remember not for the ...

This is an exciting story, set in a small, almost unknown country, where the country's president and local poet Darko are trying to save the political and social system. Their friendship strangely evolves from their very personal letters, which are intercepted by the state authorities... - a captivating novel that takes readers on a profound journey of self-discovery, purpose, and the complexities of life. Set against a backdrop of neglected tables, dusty memories, and the longing for significance, this literary masterpiece explores the human desire for meaning and the quest for fulfillment...

The Best of Me: Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience! Get swept up in a timeless story of lost dreams and redemption, in which former high school sweethearts get a second chance at first love - from the number one New York Times best-selling author of The Notebook.

Kukum recounts the story of Almanda Siméon, an orphan raised by her aunt and uncle, who falls in love with a young Innu man despite their cultural differences and goes on to share her life with the Pekuakami Innu community. They accept her as one of their own: Almanda learns their language, how to live a nomadic existence, and begins to break down the barriers imposed on Indigenous women. Unfolding over the course of a century, the novel details the end of traditional ways of life for the Innu.

Most people think the reason Prudy Millings married the best-looking preacher in the Carolinas—who inexplicably turned psychotic and mowed her down with the church van—is that she was raised all wrong. So not true. Prudy's reclamation of her life begins two years after the crime spree that nearly stopped her heart. She packs up her two precocious children and settles in her parents' South Carolina hometown where she deals with a delightful Proverbs-spewing mama who pretends her grown daughters are virgins.

In small towns between the North Carolina Piedmont and the coast, the best scenery is often in the sky. On flat sweeps of red clay and scrub pine, the days move monotonously, safely, but above, in the blink of an eye, dangerous clouds can boil out of all four corners of the sky. The flat slow land starts to shiver and anything can happen. In such a storm, on Annie Peregrine’s seventh birthday, her father gave her the airplane and minutes later drove out of her life.

Investigator Cassie Dewell is headed to Anaconda, Montana, in search of a slippery con-man who has disappeared somewhere in the Treasure State. A wealthy Florida divorcee has accused him of absconding with her entire fortune, and wants Cassie to find him and get it back. But Anaconda, a quirky former copper-mining town, is the perfect place to reinvent yourself, and as the case develops, Cassie begins to wonder if her client is telling her everything.

Discover a Heartwarming Tale of Faith, Love, and Survival in the Wild West! for fans of Christian Westerns, Frontier Romance, and Women’s Historical Fiction! Texas geologist Andrew Carter has struck copper, but his greatest discovery is yet to come. Alone in a desolate mining camp, he longs for a partner—a woman of strength, heart, and unwavering faith. His prayers are answered when Julie Tully, a determined apothecary, responds to his mail-order bride ad. Julie is brave, intelligent, and ready for adventure, but life in the untamed West is more perilous than she ever imagined. As ...

Cyrus Brandt’s life is falling apart. Amid a disintegrating marriage and a failing career, he returns to his childhood home on an Illinois farm to make a new start. Adapting to the slow pace of his new environs, Cyrus quickly finds himself in a burgeoning romance with Annie, who owns a diner in the nearby town. But when a spring tornado deposits the body of a murdered man on a nearby rural roadside, Cyrus’ quiet new life is turned upside down. Annie’s brother, Sheriff Thomas Bales, is now caught up in a manhunt, and Cyrus volunteers to assist the sheriff’s under-staffed department ...

On a beautiful Pennsylvania fall morning, a gunman holds college freshman Yoona Lee and three of her classmates hostage in the claustrophobic confines of their dorm room. The desperate man with his finger on the trigger - Yoona's onetime friend, Lloyd Kang - is unraveling after a mysterious accident in Korea killed his closest friend, Jaesung, who was also the love of Yoona's life.

Throughout his career, Bill Geist's most popular stories have been about slightly odd but loveable individuals. Coming on the heels of his 5,600 mile RV trip across our fair land is Way Off the Road, a hilarious and compelling mix of stories about the folks featured in Geist's segments, along with observations on his 20 years of life on the road.

Summer was dying in Perfect. But boys will be boys and Jimmy Becker discovers something in the woods just beyond town, unwittingly unleashing something upon his hometown. But it was not the first time, and the town of Perfect was being watched by a group that was as old as recorded history, a group that sends someone in the take care of the problem, someone only known as Hunter.

Baking is Isabeau Collins’s life. Back from studying under the finest chefs in France and Italy, and with a newly minted culinary degree in hand, Izzy is ready to pursue her dream: whipping up creative confections in her own custom cake shop. But her perfect plans are waylaid when two women claiming to be her half sisters show up with a stack of letters addressed to Izzy from their late mother. Torn between launching her career and the need to learn more about her family history, Izzy makes the decision to go to Colorado to connect with the sisters she’s never known.

She staggered through the dark alley...Finding work as a private investigator, ex-cop Frank Harper settles into the small Ohio town of Cooper's Mill. Meanwhile, on the other side of the country, a young Hollywood starlet's career is on its last legs. Jessica Mills struggles with drugs and alcohol. But when a dangerous accident changes her life forever, she must pay her debt to society. An audacious plan keeps Jessica out of jail, for now, putting her on a collision course with a man obsessed with possessing her...no matter what the cost.

When their mother passed away a decade ago, Evie Ross and her sister, Suda Kaye, were each left a stack of letters, one to be opened every year on their birthday. While the letters encouraged Suda Kaye’s wanderlust, taking her away from Evie for years, their free-spirited mother’s wish for her more cautious daughter was to discover what her heart truly desires. But steadfast Evie discovered long ago that wishes rarely come true. A successful life stems from planning, building a stable career - and keeping your heart guarded at all costs.