Smithville Junction is the story of two families rooted in rural, upstate Maine in the mid 1940’s. With a small population living for decades on generational land, the story finds our characters settled between two small towns bordering Aroostook County. Even here, the world can hand out tough challenges. When a father gives his five-day-old baby girl away, the town is in an uproar. If not for the man's two young boys, he could be run out of town. Ultimately, Smithville Junction tells the story of this man navigating a hard forgiveness he is forced to face in the worst of circumstances and of one little girl who brings him unexpectedly to the place he can find it.

Christmas, 1915. A grieving father gives his motherless daughter an exquisite, one-of-a-kind doll–one she’d gladly exchange for a wish. Summer, 1975. Sheltered Midwesterner Helen Kenyon is set to marry her college sweetheart but jumps at the opportunity to spend six months in Paris. With fellow Americans Lilianne and Connie, and with an ‘adopted’ antique doll, Helen plunges into a heady world of high culture and champagne. But it’s the charismatic photojournalist, Gilles Aubert, who tempts her to change her future. Fifty years later, Teresa Clark accepts the job of preparing her estranged Grandma Helen’s Kansas ranch for sale, only to find Helen bears little resemblance to the philandering drunk of her mother’s stories. Not until she uncovers mementos of Helen’s past and the astonishing secret of a well-preserved antique doll does Teresa gain strength to face multiple truths–about her family, herself, and what life she’ll choose for her own.

Book 6 of the Clay Wolfe Trap Series. What happens when a spy, a retired thief, and a person in the witness relocation program end up in the same coastal Maine town? Nothing. . . until a man using an alias washes up on shore and threatens to tear the idyllic nature of Port Essex apart at the seams. Clay Wolfe, Baylee Baker, the gang, and Port Essex become embroiled in their hottest and deadliest mystery yet. Will the spies, informants, and thieves be exposed in time before the killers can finish the job they have begun?

When she and her brother venture to Evanston, Maine to clean out an estranged relative’s estate, horror enthusiast Alice Drayon’s life begins paralleling her favorite page-turners. The sojourn in their grandmother’s “wicked” hometown provides the perfect opportunity for Alice to delve into Grammie’s mysterious past. However, she soon discovers that the horrific event that drove Grammie away is but one small piece of the town’s blighted history. Confronted with increasing hostility from Evanston’s insular religious community as she closes in on the truth, Alice must risk everything to save lives. Her soft-spoken new neighbor, Riley Moore, seems to have answers. . .and some dark secrets of his own. Can Alice trust him to help her put an end to Evanston’s wicked practices, or will she become yet another casualty?

Imagine a world where every person feels seen, valued, and connected–a world not driven by fear and division, but by compassion, cooperation, and unity. This vision is not just a dream; it’s a path we can choose. The Way of Unity is an invitation to discover something greater than ourselves—a growing, expanding, organic renewal process aligned with evolutionary forces. Upon a framework of hidden wholeness, this book explores an emergent process, the closest thing we may have to a systematic, globally scalable, evidence-based model of social action that works for everyone. For over a century, thousands of communities worldwide have been building the elements of a more just and peaceful society by nurturing the patterns of coherence within us. Humanity is its own mycelium network, weaving its inherent wholeness, expanding its circles of unity. This is our hope for the future.

From 1874 until 1915, the "Storm Warriors" of the Fletchers Neck Life-Saving Service and the citizens of the village of Biddeford Pool shared a common history. During the nineteenth century, the stretch of Maine coast between Portland and the busy docks at Portsmouth, New Hampshire was among the most dangerous passages along the coast of Maine. Rocky beaches, hidden ledges, dangerous currents, and small, low-lying islands were treacherous to mariners. In December, 1874, the Biddeford Pool Life-Saving Station began its first active season. Six surfmen made up the crew charged with protecting this transit. Gleaned from local newspapers, station logbooks, official records of the Life- Saving Service, and the papers and memories of involved families, these are tales of men at odds with the fury of nature—men who subscribed to the motto, “You have to go out, but you don’t have to come back.”

This is a train-it-yourself guide for beginning-to-professional dog trainers who hope to give dogs the fun parts of loose-leash walking without breaking anything. A humane, professional dog trainer with thirty years experience walks you through humbling dog disasters so you don't have to live them yourself! Using text, photo illustrations, QR code links to video demonstrations, and step-by-step instructions, Yasi helps you choose and use the right gear, games, signals, and reinforcers to create a more humane and easy-to-understand language for helping your dogs achieve safer loose-leash walking in just a few weeks. Essential and entertaining reading for anyone who has ever loved a powerful dog, and equivalent to several weeks of private training lessons with a seasoned, humane professional, Yasi's guide shows you how to make leash walking safer and more fun for both dogs and humans in a hurry.