A dead mother. A missing father. An agonizing decision for children.Fifteen-year-old Kelly Stolter is hanging on by the skin of her teeth. When Pneumonia took her mother's life, that death jerked the rug out from under Kelly's world. After her father was lured away by an acquaintance to a quick-money scheme in Arizona, she is nearly an orphan. As the bank prepares to foreclose on the championship quarter-horse ranch, Kelly, Lola, and Colton Stolter have no choice but to move to their mother's land, the Flint Hills.As she leads her siblings and breeding stock to Southern California, Kelly can't help but wonder what happened to her missing father. An old family friend insinuates a gunfighter connection to her father's checkered past. Can she keep herself and her siblings alive on new land? Will her father claw his way back to his family?From Windy Ridge to the Flint Hills is the companion book to Lee Anne Wonnacott Weltsch's western young adult adventure books.Nick Stolter is the western action and adventure story of how he struggles to get home to his children. These books feature old west lawless characters, surprising plot twists, compelling characters, and a blooming young woman heroine.If you like a fast-paced adventure, engaging old west landscapes, and children left unsupervised in a rough old west landscape, then you'll love Lee Anne Wonnacott Weltsch's page-turning set.If you thirst for raw emotions, unspoiled Southern California locales, and creative problem solving by children left unsupervised, then you'll love this adventure where Rawhide meets Home Alone. Pick up From Windy Ridge to the Flint Hills and Nick Stolter to discover this exciting new read today
Discover how each reindeer was given a special name and gift. Learn how important it is to be a good friend. Read the surprise ending about another reindeer with a shiny red nose.
Christmas for the last three years has been nothing but a reminder of everything Nickolas Saint has lost. Everything about this time of year puts him in a funk and just when he's about to allow his depression to settle in, Christmas brings him Hope. Hope Holiday is a woman who will do anything for her children even if that anything means taking what doesn't belong to her. When she's faced with the consequences of her actions, she's forced to make a deal with the modern day Scrooge. Will her debt be the only thing she has to pay?
Tom desperately tries to battle his doubts and fears about death, abandonment, and loneliness while struggling with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, acute anxiety, and crippling depression. He writes prose and poetry in his journal as an attempt to cope. And he tries, unsuccessfully, to keep this internal conflict from becoming known to his family and friends by trying to keep up appearances. But the tiny thread keeping his hope alive inevitably snaps. And he becomes in desperate turmoil. Imagine if the glue that keeps everything dear to you comes loose, threatening your destruction. Wouldn't you desperately try all you could to put your life back together? When this happens to the young Obsessive-Compulsive Tom Jolmen, he clings to his last hope. Tormented by a shadowy presence, Tom runs away to find his Christmas hero, St Nicholas. Join him, his sports-loving brother, Nate, and their new-found companions: the conflicted Brendan and antagonistic Paul on their quest. The adventure goes amiss. But with the aid of their guardian angels this failed attempt helps resolve their doubts and strengthen their faith as they discover the real truth about themselves.
Tom desperately tries to battle his doubts and fears about death, abandonment, and loneliness while struggling with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, acute anxiety, and crippling depression. He writes prose and poetry in his journal as an attempt to cope. And he tries, unsuccessfully, to keep this internal conflict from becoming known to his family and friends by trying to keep up appearances. But the tiny thread keeping his hope alive inevitably snaps. And he becomes in desperate turmoil. Imagine if the glue that keeps everything dear to you comes loose, threatening your destruction. Wouldn't you desperately try all you could to put your life back together? When this happens to the young Obsessive-Compulsive Tom Jolmen, he clings to his last hope. Tormented by a shadowy presence, Tom runs away to find his Christmas hero, St Nicholas. Join him, his sports-loving brother, Nate, and their new-found companions: the conflicted Brendan and antagonistic Paul on their quest. The adventure goes amiss. But with the aid of their guardian angels this failed attempt helps resolve their doubts and strengthen their faith as they discover the real truth about themselves.
Ten-year-old Cooper is always at the top of Santa's Naughty List. His archrival bets there's NO WAY Cooper will get the super-hot Christmas toy only given to those on Santa's Nice List. (Yes, Santa Claus is real ) The loser has to transfer to the dreaded Dunsley Military Academy. When trying to be good absolutely fails, there's only one thing Cooper can do to win the bet: travel to the North Pole, kidnap Santa, and hold him for ransom. Of course, nothing goes as planned In this wild Christmas adventure, is it possible for Cooper to win the bet and still avoid getting a bazillion more years on the Naughty List?
WINNER OF THE GOLDEN WIZARD BOOK PRIZE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022 Following the recovery of the crown jewels with the help of Poppy, Lord Ted, and the fairies of Diddlesdale woods, most of the now infamous gang are now behind bars and the priceless collection has been returned to Queen Elizabeth. Everyone can now concentrate on the royal wedding. After an initial shock, Poppy meets new friends and her best friend called Rosie at her new school and life seems to be so comfortable. This is T.M Jorden's second novel, the sequel to The Adventures of Poppy and Lord Ted: The First Summer, and we see a much grittier storyline as the character behind the initial crown jewels robbery comes to the fore. Saint Nick is determined to get his hands on the jewels, repay his investors and live the rest of his life in luxury. He has an unexpected helping, yet reluctant hand to gain access to the jewels new temporary home and is under severe pressure from his Russian backers to deliver the goods. But Assistant Chief Constable Mary Underberry and her team have other ideas. They are determined to capture Mary's number one target but have very little to go on - Saint Nick is a criminal mastermind at the top of his game, and they struggle to keep up with him. Finally, a trap is set to bring the notorious criminal to justice but when it goes horribly wrong Poppy puts herself and Lord Ted in mortal danger to save the future of the British Monarchy. Grandparents will relate to the joy of sharing time with their grandchildren and parents with their children as more family fun and adventure are underpinned by the core values of kindness, love, honesty and respect. A true adventure showing the differences between right and wrong.
Private Eye Nala Bonne and her trusty crime-fighting rescue dog Max spend their days surfing social media for telltale signs of disability fraud and philandering husbands, but when a lucrative opportunity to investigate something entirely different, Nala readily agrees to take the case.The task: find a missing Santa impersonatorUnfortunately for her, someone is dead set against the search and will stop at nothing to drive Nala and Max out of town before their search even begins.Can this dynamic duo locate the missing Santa before it's too late?
Narcotics are mysteriously disappearing from Charleston's Mercy General Hospital. Ex-cop, Nick Giordano, soon finds himself and his friends embroiled in the center of the investigation. Nick Giordano runs a police dog training business in Charleston, SC. He teams up with Allen Miller, a cybersecurity expert when Allen is hired by a powerful CEO to covertly hack into one of his company's hospitals and discover how and who is stealing the drugs. Allen quickly discovers that the theft of the drugs is only small part of a much larger and more sinister criminal organization involved in drug trafficking, loansharking, prostitution, and money laundering. Their lives are on the line, and time is running out. This is the first in a series of Nick Giordano mystery novels.
Disillusioned with the state of education and frustrated with their careers, our three teachers devise an insane plan to steal the local drug cartel's money. Students talked and our teachers listened and now believe they have all the details necessary to bring their plan to fruition. When the plan goes awry, it becomes a manic chase from Las Vegas to East Los Angeles involving our teachers, crazed bikers, confused highway patrolmen, drunken cowboys, police on-the- take, corrupt D.E.A. agents, and numerous vicious gangbangers. It doesn't take long for our teachers to realize they are in way over their heads.
"Kinder von heute lachen Tränen über den kleinen Nick aus Paris. Er und seine ganze Klasse legen voll Wonne die Lehrer rein, piesacken des Lehrers Lieblingsschüler, schlagen sich gegenseitig die Birnen ein und finden es herrlich, wenn man tüchtig schreien, sich prügeln, toben und gemein sein kann."
