Women Travel Adventures

Vella Day brings you another crazy time travel story of a haunted saloon and hidden treasures. The last thing I expected to see today was John, our timeline agent--or whatever he was calling himself these days--in our hometown. Millie, my best friend and time traveling buddy, was thrilled. I was not. John claimed that he needed our help to keep the timeline from falling apart. Why us, you might wonder? He claimed we were good at knitting and asking questions. And where did we have to go? To Dry Gulch, South Dakota. In freaking 1880. Even John admitted that it was a fairly lawless mining ...

It was the White Wedding… …that brought them together. Will it change lives? For two days, the friends who love Katie and Ben came together to celebrate their pending matrimony. It’s a destination wedding that nobody will ever forget, because two days before the nuptials, the bride and groom disappear. Will the perfectly planned celebration unravel? Liam isn’t overly enthused about attending until he meets Katie’s college roommate and they have more in common than he imagined. A movie on the lawn and a walk led to sparks neither expected. This is the start of the drama. In this ...

Paris. No place in the world is more romantic, which is why 40-something Kat is dying to take her long-overdue honeymoon there. The problem? Convincing her conscientious homebody husband Hugo to leave their tropical resort behind and fly 5,000 to northern Europe. In March. But there are so many great reasons to go: her almost-grown son from her first marriage is studying there, their wild n’ wacky pal Queenie will be shooting on location, and most importantly, Kat and Hugo were so busy working, they never got to take a honeymoon in the first place. Why would they when they live in ...

Cathy has captured the drama of her Everest climbs, her passion for the challenge of climbing mountains, and her love for wild places in this story of her four attempts on the mountain. Cathy tries to answer the question of why, if climbing Everest can be so dangerous, people still want to do it.

A mysterious girl birthed him, but couldn’t raise him Armed with an adoption diary written by his father and a picture of a young girl, Gadi searches for his roots in Brazil. He hunts down clues about the identity of his biological mother and wants to know what had happened that made her give him up and what is her life like. Gadi learns about Brazil’s adoption process and retraces the steps of his own adoption journey; from the arms of a young girl who could not raise him, to the arms of his adoptive parents who looked forward to his arrival. While traveling with two friends in Brazil,...

Shortly before the Great San Francisco Earthquake, Pirate Vishnu strikes the San Francisco Bay. An ancestor of Jaya's who came to the US from India draws a treasure map. Over a century later, the cryptic treasure map remains undeciphered.

"As the depth of truth of one's life can only be penned upon the pages of a diary, Jane Digby leads us through her passionate life . . . A wonderful piece of historical fiction that will delight your senses as well as your heart." - Peggy Lee Sprague, author of The Truth Hunters series. Jane Digby's Diary continues with Volume Three: Following an Eastern Star. Based on a true story . . . Bright, beautiful, and bold, Jane Digby led a remarkable life. Born to privilege in 1807 at Dorset, England, she soon scandalized Europe with her reckless pursuit of freedom. Kings, princes, barons, ...

Here is the astonishing true story of Ruth Harkness, the Manhattan bohemian socialite who, against all but impossible odds, trekked to Tibet in 1936 to capture the most mysterious animal of the day: a bear that had for countless centuries lived in secret in the labyrinth of lonely cold mountains. In The Lady and the Panda, Vicki Constantine Croke gives us the remarkable account of Ruth Harkness and her extraordinary journey, and restores Harkness to her rightful place along with Sacajawea, Nellie Bly, and Amelia Earhart as one of the great woman adventurers of all time.

When I think of poetry, I envision the classic works written by great poets of the past—poetry that modern educators often label as ‘elitist’ literature. Such writing may now be primarily found in private schools, especially those that are religious or uphold traditional standards of scholarship and merit. This is a tragedy. Great poetry should not belong solely to a select few; it should be the birthright of all children. Poetry is the language of the soul (consider the Psalms), and since we all possess souls, it is vital for everyone. This statement challenges the spiritual ...

On the heels of their amazing discovery under the Sahara, Hank Boyd and his team find themselves in another precarious situation. This time they must stop Zero, the shadowy organization that violently hunted them in Algeria, from releasing an ancient and deadly weapon. The target? All of humanity. Starting with Washington D.C. From the Yucatan to the streets of D.C., Hank and company must try to find a way to prevent the potential catastrophe. Time is running out as an enemy from mankind’s past, aided by someone from Kane’s, tries to continue the work set into motion millennia ago. Will...

This is an incredible story of adventure, human ingenuity, persistence, and resilience that shows firsthand what it is to adventure as a woman in the most dangerous of circumstance, what it is to be truly alone in the wild, and why someone would challenge themselves with an expedition others would call crazy. For Marquis, her story is about freedom, being alive and wild by nature.

Betsy Stevenson is praying fervently for a change. But when a big part of her prayer is answered she asks the Lord, “Is this really You? An RV, of all things.”According to Ben (her hubby and a workaholic), he thinks retiring at 60, buying an RV and traveling is a grand idea. He says, “I’ve been talking to Matilda (their pooch) and the Lord and I feel it’s a go. After much more prayer and preparation Betsy agrees and they begin the journey to downsize into a 38 foot 5th wheel. Then their RV adventure begins. Their best friends Rose and Larry Wilford tag along and the four get On ...

It's Carnival time in paradise, but the biggest party of the year is in jeopardy. When a crucial shipment of booze goes missing, Roscoe Harper is called in to find it—fast. Roscoe's no detective, but he's got no choice but to play amateur sleuth with help from an unlikely new partner: Rosario Cruz, the mayor's strapping sister and personal bodyguard. She may be tough as nails, but can Roscoe trust her to watch his back in the island's seedy underbelly? The mismatched duo dive headfirst into their booziest case yet, but someone would rather see Carnival canceled for good. As threats ...

In 1995, schoolteacher Melissa Cook and her young family spent two years in the isolated Aleut village of Nelson Lagoon on the edge of the Bering Sea. They later settled in the Tongass National Forest on Prince of Wales Island, where they measured rain in feet. With humor, vivid detail, and heart-pounding excitement, Melissa recounts her family's daily joys, struggles, and captivating adventures.

When does legend end and historical fact begin? Meet one special family before you decide. Let this this epic saga of 13th century in Europe and Britain give you food for thought. It was a time of the continuing Inquisition and murder. A time of fear. A time of religious terror, just as in the world today. It is called genocide in this century but the people of that time called it extermination for the people who refuse tot convert to the one universal Church . One family, among the many sects hunted , had been sought for many more centuries history tells us. The Inquisition was historical ...

The captivating saga of an American nurse uncovering her mysterious past in a land far away. As an orphan who aged out of the system, Adira beat the odds, earning a nursing degree and finding a job at the California hospital that once saved her life. After being forced out, she turns to an enticing position in the Middle East. Enchanted by the turquoise sea, towering mountains, and golden sands, Adira falls in love with the culture and welcoming people of Oman. But beneath the surface, the nation’s fabric is being torn apart. And she is one of the threads. In a race against time and the ...

Her adventure in Brazil has transformed the shy and curvy Rachel into the confident and sexy Raquel. It has also earned the travel writer a luxurious trip to France, another sensual destination with its own "travel secrets." In one of France's most famous wine regions, Raquel is courted by the suave and enchanting Maxime and the rugged female winemaker Alixandrie. Raquel's boss, Ryan, also seems interested in her, but his girlfriend and supermodel Chantal continues to sabotage Raquel at every turn. Raquel’s biggest challenge, however, is to stay true to her new self. What kind of ...

No Baggage is a memoir that will resonate with adventurers and homebodies alike - it's at once a romance, a travelogue, and a bright, modern take on the age-old questions: How do you find the courage to explore beyond your comfort zone? Can you love someone without the need for commitment or any expectations for the future?

When a glamorous woman dies on All Hallows Eve, Scarlett thinks it could be murder. Did her money-grabbing younger husband kill her? Or did he love her? Scarlett and her hunky husband step back in time to save a life - perhaps a romance. Time-Travel Halloween is a short but fun story which mixes mystery with romance. Don your spookiest outfit and come to a Halloween party

They say some people have all the fun­— Sunshine Blake was one of those people. When Sunshine was a teenager she made a promise to herself to see the world and live a glamorous life. Nobody believed she could do it. Why would they? She was abused and abandoned by her parents and shuffled from foster home to foster home in the poorest part of the country. Yet Sunshine accomplished everything she set out to do—and then some. She traveled the world, succeeded in real estate, founded a cosmetics company, hung out with Hollywood’s elite, married in Morocco (and later escaped), appeared on...