High school softball: high-stakes, high-competition, only a handful of college scholarships available. In this world of lightning-fast pitches and soaring home runs, friendship and family means everything....

Sally huffs up the narrow, dusty stairs leading to an even dustier church choir. No time for this. No time to find one stupid boy and get this wedding started.Missing her first big softball game? Missing...

The polar ice caps melting. Not her fault. The so-called 'perfect storm' off the coast of Massachusetts in '91. Not her either.Rolling thunder rumbled. Two trolls tossing bowling balls against the side...

Nicole, a video game producer, shifts in the stiff-baked leather chair as her world crashes all around her. Her game, a sure bet, a money-maker, her chance for a greater and brighter future...Cancelled.And...

Kate Silver knows all about being different. Reflexes, a little too good. Hearing, a little too sharp. Ears, way too pointed. No chance at all of being some normal teenage girl.Especially when the truth...

When the magical world and the Normal one collide, bad things happen. World-ending kinda bad. Mina, a Magical Boundaries Investigator, keeps those bad things from happening.She now faces her biggest challenge...

Kate Silver hates being different. Funny, slightly-pointed ears, reflexes a little too good. Nothing at all like her 'normal' classmates.Not even 'normal' enough for the middle of nowhere-Montana, with...

Kate, her hands cold and numb, wished for the press of books and the whispers of classmates. Anything but pine trees drenched in mist. Seeping from trunks and branches. Needles so dark they appeared black.No...

Jenny, like any good pitcher, knows when to throw at a batter. When to throw a fastball. And when to drop and cover.Like now.Especially as big, meaty Lacey glares at her. Hands the size of bear paws,...

In the world of girls softball, fun no longer matters. Colleges. Scholarships. Where every game, every pitch, holds their future.Laurie Stevens fought this her whole life. A former college star who walked...

When Cat, a former prostitute, steps off the train in Butte, Montana, she walks right into hell. The dark smoke-filled air reeks of menace. And the stares—scorning her blue jeans, cowboy hat, and empty...

The softball world considers Elizabeth as royalty. Her dad, a professional baseball player, and her adopted mom, a softball legend. For Elizabeth, and college, nothing but stars in her future.If, she...

No point unpacking. No point hanging posters or butt-ugly curtains. No point when every six months Jenny Taylor moves to a new city. New school. New softball team.All thanks to her famous dad, the newest...

Video game companies play games. Reading books, and a romance no less? Never going to happen.Karen loves books, especially romances.Ryan hates books, especially romances.All that changes when they learn...

Camille Rowan, the failed librarian witch in her famous Librarian family, hides behind a tilting tower of books. Peeling leather covers, springy cobwebs stuck to grimoires and tomes, each of them quivering...

Aisha Faye leans against the hot, chain-link fence of the cage, one of many in her waystation for unwanted, magical creatures. She watches, helplessly, as a tiger once overflowing with magic now lays...

For the girls on the Sunny View softball team, senior year means one thing: college scholarships. And with competition so fierce and cutthroat, not all will succeed.But success means something different...

Laurie plays softball. Lots of softball. Her weekends, booked solid. Dating, all but impossible.Every reasonable Date Day... also a Game Day... also a Practice Day... also a Pitching-Lesson Day. If Laurie...

A descendant from a long lost race of elves, Kate Silver knows all about being different. Just not so much about the magic part. Or her powers. Or... controlling it.No choice, but to learn—Before the...

Christmas, a time of joy and giving, of cuddling up with loved ones, and decorating school lockers in brilliant, shimmering wrapping paper.Mandy wants nothing to do with Christmas. Just dumped by her...

Kate Silver hates being different. Her reflexes, a little too good. Her hearing, a little too sharp. Her ears, a little too pointed.She knows nothing about her mysterious heritage.Until now.The first...

Kate Silver never fit in as a 'normal' teenager. Not with her slightly pointed ears and crazy-good hearing. Now with an elven soul parked alongside hers? An elven soul with memories—and magic—all her...

Like most video game designers, Lauren works on the project her boss tells her to. Not happy with it? Too bad; you buck up and get the job done, anyway.An impossible task for Lauren as she eyes the stack...

Every prospective Nurture Witch must face the ultimate test: survive one night with two young kids.No help. No magic.Ella, fails.Or... does she?A story about different kinds of love, understanding and...

Rommy, owner of Cupcakes Forever, loves baking. Loves the quiet, early hours. The perfect clatter when a pan hits the counter. The sweet smell as the dough rises to perfection.She knows the secret to...

The children wait excited and anxious to meet Elena, the famous snow queen. The long, long lines. The thunderous noise in the tight-packed throne room. The never-ceasing squeals of delight that shake...

Legions of books exist about writing: how to write, how to publish, how to make a living as a writer... but books about being a parent and a writer? Nothing. No books that dive deep into the realities...

For many young women, high school softball opens doors to a greater future. College, scholarships, professional sports.The dream for so many...But not for all.From overbearing fathers to the big college...

When the man lumbers up to the bar counter with its blinking, colored lights and shiny tinsel, Cass seriously considers dumping her good scotch right down his shirt. All Cass wants: a bit of quiet, a...

Cass wakes up seconds before her phone rings. Not her landline but her cell—the one she'd purposefully left in the living room. The one now currently nestled underneath her pillow, happily playing the...