Still Life with Bread Crumbs begins with an imagined gunshot and ends with a new tin roof. Between the two is a wry and knowing portrait of Rebecca Winter, a photographer whose work made her an unlikely heroine for many women. Her career is now descendant, her bank balance shaky, and she has fled the city for the middle of nowhere. There she discovers, in a tree stand with a roofer named Jim Bates, that what she sees through a camera lens is not all...

Mary, the spirited youngest daughter of an angry, violent man, is sent to work for the local vicar and his invalid wife. Her strange new surroundings offer unsettling challenges, including the vicar's lecherous son and a manipulative fellow servant. But life in the vicarage also offers unexpected joys, as the curious young girl learns to read and write -- knowledge that will come at a tragic price.

Spending a boring summer in the country with her aunt turns exciting for ten-year-old Lisa when she discovers a magic kitten.

"Single mom Sidonie Lindstrom has her hands full with a troubled foster son, an abrupt adjustment to country living, and an unforeseen lack of funds. When her taciturn neighbor, MacKenzie Knightley, repeatedly offers practical help, Sid reminds herself she's not interested--despite his kindness, pragmatism, and quiet charm. MacKenzie sees the vulnerability beneath her pride, and he's determined to change her mind...,"-- page [4] of cover.

This lyrical debut novel celebrates the joys and tears of love lost and found, and of a life renewed—in a most unexpected place...

At thirty-four, Brian Duncan has it all. A trendy Manhattan life, a high-powered PR job, and a gorgeous fiancée with an exciting future of her own. Then, in a single moment of deception, Brian's world crumbles. Bitterly betrayed, he decides to toss away all he has worked for. Irresistibly drawn to the

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A retelling of Aesop's well-known fable in which a country mouse visits a town mouse and they find they prefer very different ways of life. Set in 1930s New York at Christmas.

Develyn heads west to find an innocence and a life she had experienced on a vacation when she was ten. There, Develyn finds not only her past, but her present and future as well. She discovers all of this in a paint mare, a quirky new girlfriend, three men who help her get her life in focus . . . and among the people of a dirt road town in cental Wyoming.

Indiana schoolteacher Develyn Worrell is ready to savor summer's end in a cozy Wyoming town from her childhood. Then a series of random troublesome events resets the pace.

Farmer Fred, various members of his family, his animals, and his neighbors each have a favorite time of day.

"One mother's love may be all that stands between her family, an enigmatic presence-- and madness. After years of city life, Orla and Shaw Bennett are ready for the quiet of New York's Adirondack mountains-- or at least, they think they are. Settling into the perfect farmhouse with their two children, they are both charmed and unsettled by the expanse of their land, the privacy of their individual bedrooms, and the isolation of life a mile from any...