Heidi M Thomas

Fans of the "Rescue" series will love the story from Electra's point of view.New Yorker Electra Lucci is as empty as the wide-open Montana prairie. Hiding her broken heart behind a dark, Goth-girl persona, she balks at the lame mother-daughter bonding vacation on a dude ranch. Then Samantha Moser introduces her to an abandoned, nearly-dead horse, Apache, and it is love at first sight. At last, she has something to care about, and someone who cares for her. Sam invites her to spend the summer on the ranch. As she helps Sam work with other troubled teens and veterans with PTSD, she learns the powerful healing capacity of horses.When forced to return to New York after the summer is over, she discovers she's changed too much to fit in with the Goth crowd. The grief and loss of her brother, father, and friends once again engulfs her. Will she return to Montana to find peace and healing or will she continue on her self-destructive path?Review: "How does a young girl, completely caught up in a Goth-girl world, transfer her affections and trust to a way of life that is completely foreign to her? Electra is a completely enthralling personality in this book dedicated to her growth and development. From a sour, bitter, confused, rebellious teenager, she moves into a relationship with horses and a cowgirl named Samantha. She's a delightful young girl with a heart of gold, covered over by the scars of life and her former need for self-destruction. Take the journey with Electra ... from Rescuing Hope and Rescuing Samantha comes the Goth-girl's transformation." -Sally Bates, Award-winning Author

Inspirational fairy tales for children (and adults) concerning mankind's selfishness as our earthly problems only grow larger and burdens we try to carry alone. Each story tells of the struggles with carrying an unnecessary burden, drowning your own spark under the weight of responsibility and pleasing others, of losing light in the darkness, or of hiding yourself in a cloak of invisibility.

It's been ten years since Anna Moser immigrated to Montana from Germany for love and hopes of a better life in the "land of milk and honey." Instead, she's found harsh winters and searing summers, sacrifice and back-breaking work. After all these years, she still perceives neighbors looking down their noses with distrust at this "foreign woman." Did she make a mistake in following her heart to marry Neil and build a ranch and family with him? Yet, after her first visit back to Germany, she finds she no longer belongs there either. In spite of hardships, loss, and near-death illness, will the love of Neil and her children help Anna find her true home?