Women Travel Adventures

After graduating from college, Jennifer isn't sure what she wants to do with her life. She is drawn to the Appalachian Trail, a 2,175-mile footpath that stretches from Georgia to Maine. Though her friends and family think she's crazy, she sets out alone to hike the trail, hoping it will give her time to think about what she wants to do next. The next four months are the most physically and emotionally challenging of her life.

Mary Jekyll’s life has been peaceful since she helped Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson solve the Whitechapel Murders. Beatrice Rappaccini, Catherine Moreau, Justine Frankenstein, and Mary’s sister Diana Hyde have settled into the Jekyll household in London, and although they sometimes quarrel, they can always rely on Mrs. Poole. But when Mary receives a telegram that Lucinda Van Helsing has been kidnapped, the Athena Club must travel to the Austro-Hungarian Empire to rescue yet another young woman who has been subjected to horrific experimentation.

(Revised 2025) What if I told you that you could travel anywhere in the world on just your Social Security income?The author does it, and you can do it too. Amazon best-selling author of 21 books, Jerry Minchey, shows you step-by-step how he does it. He outlines how he gets airline tickets at discounts up to 90% or even for free and how he gets free or low-cost accommodations (including meals). The author has flown over two million miles on Delta alone, traveled worldwide, and personally used every technique described in this book. This is not a theory. These techniques work, and they are ...

At 22, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother's death, her family scattered and her own marriage was soon destroyed. Four years later, with nothing more to lose, she made the most impulsive decision of her life: to hike the Pacific Crest Trail from the Mojave Desert through California and Oregon to Washington State - and to do it alone. She had no experience as a long-distance hiker, and the trail was little more than “an idea, vague and outlandish and full of promise.” But it was a promise of piecing back together a life that had come undone.

Ever dream of leaving your job and your troubles behind and moving to paradise? Lucy Landish did, and now she's living in sunny Florida and running a travel agency called The Holiday Adventure Club instead of working as a medical examiner in cold and wintery Buffalo. For every major holiday, Lucy and a group of travelers will hit a location somewhere in the world to soak in the culture, the romance, and the adventure. But with two handsome men vying for her attention back in Florida, and an aging mother who needs her in New York, will Lucy be able to escape reality enough to become the free...

A serial killer. A family torn. Time travel with a twist. The continuing saga of the Wells family. This time, Ivy's grandfather, Sam, is finding himself reliving his lives over and over. Sam Wells dies at 79 years old. Then things get worse. When he opens his eyes as a young college student, he remembers everything from his past life, including the identity of the serial killer who is terrorizing their small town. Many young women are murdered, and Sam knows who did it. Over several lives, Sam struggles in a desperate race through time to stop the serial killer. All the while, he pines for ...

The Holiday Adventure Club lands in Lisbon just in time for the annual International Horror Film Festival, and the guests on this trip are there for the scare! But after a decade as a medical examiner, is Lucy up for blood and gore, or will she hide out in the shadows and let the others enjoy the festivities? Lucy's travel buddies this time are a group called The Twins of Tucson--made up entirely of, yup: twins!--and they're ready to take Lisbon by storm. In addition, as a way to thank her for all the help she's given to Lucy's mom, she's invited her Aunt Sharon along for a little R&R, but ...

Fiji is fiery in July...and so is Lucy's love life! Things have cranked up a notch for Lucy and Nick, and her other hot and handsome next-door work neighbor doesn't like it one bit. After months of travel and of juggling her mother's care and the two men who are interested in her, Lucy is ready for a slower pace on Fiji. She's rented bungalows for everyone coming along on this Holiday Adventure Club trip, and she's already having visions of tropical flowers, cold drinks, and island sunsets. Little does she know, but things are about to get harder, not easier, when both Nick and Dev show up ...

Emma Gatewood told her family she was going on a walk and left her small Ohio hometown with a change of clothes and less than $200. The next anybody heard from her, this genteel, farm-reared, 67-year-old great-grandmother had walked 800 miles along the 2,050-mile Appalachian Trail. And in September 1955, atop Maine's Mount Katahdin, she sang the first verse of "America, the Beautiful" and proclaimed, "I said I'll do it, and I've done it."

There’s a voodoo woman in New Orleans who knows your darkest secrets French Quarter paranormal investigator Wyatt Thomas learns he’s permanently linked to the spirit of a man with whom he’d fought a duel during another lifetime. The only person who can free Wyatt from his curse is long-dead voodoo queen Marie Laveaux. To seek her help, he must travel back to Antebellum New Orleans, succeed in his endeavor, or be trapped in the past forever. When Wyatt meets his former lover at the Mulatto Ball, he doesn’t know if he wants to return. While Wyatt is time traveling, detective Tony ...

Morocco in spring time--colorful markets by day, balmy desert nights, and romance galore. Lucy Landish is hitting her stride professionally: her Holiday Adventure Club travels have taken her to Italy, Scotland, and the French West Indies, but now it's time to take another travel group abroad, this time to Africa during Morocco's annual rose festival. Along for the trip is a world famous rockstar who wants a break from the limelight; a dying man whose last wish is to to make peace with his adult children; and--inexplicably--Lucy's ex-husband, who'd like to make peace with her. The series ...

JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SEE SOMETHING, DOESN'T MEAN IT ISN'T THERE.Throughout history, kings, presidents, prime ministers, and treasure hunters have sought the fabled lost city of Shangri La. For centuries, this utopia has been relegated to fiction and lore, believed to be nothing more than a legend in the eyes of every historical expert in the world. Until an archaeologist discovers an ancient map carved into a sacred mountain in China, and is murdered because of it. Now, Sean Wyatt and his team from the International Archaeological Agency must trace his work and solve a series of clues ...

Valentine’s Day in Venice was a success, but will St. Patrick’s Day on St. Barts be even more of an adventure? Lucy Landish hopes so! She’s got a troop of travelers joining her for the second Holiday Adventure Club trip, and they’re trying to get over heartbreak, find new love, and have the vacation of a lifetime. With Nick Epperson, one of her handsome, available, next-door work neighbors along for the ride, Lucy is ready to show her guests a great time in the French West Indies. But things are complicated between her and Nick; there’s clearly chemistry, but they’ve both got ...

Greek to Me is a charming account of Norris’s lifelong love affair with words and her solo adventures in the land of olive trees and ouzo. Along the way, Norris explains how the alphabet originated in Greece, makes the case for Athena as a feminist icon, seeks the fabled Baths of Aphrodite, and reveals the surprising ways Greek helped form English. Filled with Norris’s memorable encounters with Greek words, Greek gods, Greek wine - and more than a few Greek men - Greek to Me is the Comma Queen’s fresh take on Greece and its exotic yet strangely familiar language.

Hey Girlie, Is Retirement Starting to Feel More Blah Than Bliss? Stress, Loneliness, and Boredom Are Sneakier Than Wrinkles—But Don’t Worry, We’ve Got the Fix. You’ve officially entered retirement: no alarm clocks, no endless Zoom meetings, and no more pretending to care about Jan from HR’s gluten-free casserole. So… why are you still feeling stressed, restless, and—dare we say—kind of lonely? Because no one warned you about the emotional rollercoaster that can come after the retirement party ends. The truth? Too many women slip into a retirement rut where stress, isolation,...

Christmas Key: a tropical paradise full of golf carts, lovable locals, and year-round Christmas decorations...and now the latest destination for the Holiday Adventure Club travels! Lucy's sticking close to home this time by taking her tour group to an island off the coast of Florida, but that doesn't mean it'll be a walk in the park, because this time she's bringing an entourage: her mom, her aunt Sharon, and her mother's persnickety nurse, Glinda. But there are surprises afoot--for Lucy and for her guests--because they aren't just visiting a big city with sites to see and history to learn,...

A summer cruise. Horseplay and hijinks. And DEATH on the high seas! Starry eyed intern Meg Butler has embarked on her dream job, only to be thwarted at the first step. No, she didn't mean to poison the guests at the Sail Away party. Her boss thinks otherwise and is ready to send her back home. When a healthy young man is found dead in his cabin, Meg thinks its murder! But who will believe her? Flanked by a motley group of interns and crew members, Meg stumbles her way across Alaska, separating the clues from the red herrings, determined to find the guilty passenger. Meanwhile, things are ...

In 2006, Kit DesLauriers made history by becoming the first person to climb - and then ski - from the summit of each continent's highest mountain, the famed Seven Summits. Centered on this quest, Higher Love represents a hero's journey, rich with personal insights, life-threatening consequences, and a thrilling crescendo. Spanning seven continents in just two years, this deeply personal memoir recounts Kit's initially secret journey that would change her life forever.

In this inspiring travelogue, celebrated traveler and photographer Jessica Nabongo—the first Black woman on record to visit all 195 countries in the world—shares her journey around the globe with fascinating stories of adventure, culture, travel musts, and human connections.

This 148-day journey began on Darcy Gaechter’s 35th birthday. She sold her successful outdoor adventure business, upsetting her partner and boyfriend of 12 years and getting them both fired in the process. The emotional waters that would fester and erupt on the ensuing journey were often more challenging to navigate than the mighty river itself. With blistering lips and irradiated fingernails, Darcy would tackle raging Class Five whitewater for 25 days straight, barely surviving a dynamite-filled canyon being prepared for a new hydroelectric plant.