Forty-five-year-old Adrienne Willis, heartbroken after her husband abandons her, takes refuge for a weekend at a small North Carolina inn, where a storm puts her in close quarters with Paul Flanner, another soul running from his past.

Two years have passed since the events that no one wants to think about. Everyone has tried to move on, but there's something about this place that prevents it. The residents continue to grapple with life's big questions: What is a family? What is a community? And what, if anything, are we willing to sacrifice in order to protect them? As the locals of Beartown struggle to overcome the past, great change is on the horizon. Someone is coming home after...

A terrible storm is raging, and Dinah is huddled by candlelight with her brother, sister, and cousin Gage, who is telling a very unusual tale. Itś the story of What-the-Dickens, a newly hatched orphan creature who finds he has an attraction to teeth, a crush on a cat named McCavity, and a penchant for getting into trouble. One day he happens upon a feisty girl skibberee working as an Agent of Change trading coins for teeth.

Dawn, her brother, Claudia and three others go on a sailing race to Greenpoint Island. A big storm hits in the middle of the race and the group never returns from the island.

Written in sparse first-person, free-verse poems, is the compelling tale of Billie Jo's struggle to survive during the dust bowl years of the Depression. With stoic courage, she learns to cope with the loss of her mother and her grieving father's slow deterioration. There is hope at the end when Billie Jo's badly burned hands are healed, and she is able to play her beloved piano again.

"Sela Gordon, the shy owner of a Tennessee general store, finds safety in solitude. But if anyone can pierce her protective shell it's the handsome, mysterious ex-military man living alone in the wilds of Cove Mountain. For two years, he's kept his distance--until the day he appears to warn her that a catastrophic solar storm capable of taking down the power grid is coming. Now, Sela must find the courage to become the leader Wears Valley needs. Bitter...

When Will and his mom are caught in a blizzard, their car slides into the ditch; giant claws grip the car and retrieve it, lifting it back on the road.

"Once lost, the Book of the Wars has resurfaced, holding ancient secrets--and dangers. Former Navy SEAL Leif Metcalfe is assigned to capture the text, but a Bulgarian operative snatches it, determined to secure her freedom. When a series of storms erupt, they must form an alliance to thwart disaster" --

"During the snowstorm of the century Levi Cutler is stranded on a ski lift with a beautiful stranger named Jane. After strong winds hurl the gondola in front of them into the ground, Levi calls his parents to prepare them for the worst...but can't bring himself to say goodbye. Instead, wanting to fulfill his mother's lifelong wish, he impulsively tells her he's happily settled and Jane is his girlfriend--right before his phone dies. But Levi and Jane...

"Author James Markert delivers another stunningly beautiful novel full of mystery and magic set during the Dust Bowl"--