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In a Boston coffee shop, three lives converge. Well, actually four lives converge, but one gets killed pretty quickly, so it ends up being three. Survivors Hannah, Max, and Krystal, struck by how easily they might have been the ones to die, and confronted by their own personal unhappiness, set out to answer that age-old question, “What's the meaning of life?” A “sign” in some spilled latte foam guides them to Tibet for the answer. Unfortunately, the only Tibet they can afford is nestled in the foothills of the Ozarks. An impetuous journey filled with misfits and misadventures ensues, leading them to people like Jungle Jamal and landing them in places like the Butternut, Kentucky Alien Abduction Site. Yet somewhere along the way, they find themselves, well, finding themselves. Even so, it's one thing to search for the meaning of life. It's another thing to find it in an Arkansas trailer park.
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In the heart and heat of the Bluegrass, a storm is brewing. And it's going to be a big one.
There was a time when Kentucky’s Three Crowns Farm was the zenith of Thoroughbred racing. Though its star has dimmed, three generations of Breckenridge women are determined to spark its renaissance. But each is driven by her own passion, her own longing, and her own thirst for power.
For Matriarch Ruby, the only thing more important than recapturing the farm's glory with a second Triple Crown winner is protecting the family's secrets. Her daughter Jess, as strong-willed as the Thoroughbred she's determined to train, is caught between doing what's right and doing what's necessary. While sixteen-year-old Rowan, precocious and rebellious, refuses to do things "the Breckenridge way."
And everything rests on a million-dollar horse that could make--or break--them all.
There was a time when Kentucky’s Three Crowns Farm was the zenith of Thoroughbred racing. Though its star has dimmed, three generations of Breckenridge women are determined to spark its renaissance. But each is driven by her own passion, her own longing, and her own thirst for power.
For Matriarch Ruby, the only thing more important than recapturing the farm's glory with a second Triple Crown winner is protecting the family's secrets. Her daughter Jess, as strong-willed as the Thoroughbred she's determined to train, is caught between doing what's right and doing what's necessary. While sixteen-year-old Rowan, precocious and rebellious, refuses to do things "the Breckenridge way."
And everything rests on a million-dollar horse that could make--or break--them all.
It’s Christmastime at Lauderdale’s Department Store, where the ghost of a matchmaking Santa sets his sights on a hapless department store elf and a workaholic manager, who need to open their hearts to love...and the magic of Christmas.
Sophie Gift is working as a department store Santa’s elf, and manager Mitchell Lauderdale is working his way up to head the family retail empire. Romance is the farthest thing from their thoughts, but Nicholas Frost, the ghost of a former store Santa is sure they’re perfect for each other. And he should know. He has a record for successful matchmaking that goes back seventy-five years. There’s always a Christmas wedding for a couple who met at the store. This year, there could be two, since Sophie’s friend Annie draws the eye of the mysterious Sean Martin. What better gift for Christmas than a happily-ever-after? Unless it's two?
Sophie Gift is working as a department store Santa’s elf, and manager Mitchell Lauderdale is working his way up to head the family retail empire. Romance is the farthest thing from their thoughts, but Nicholas Frost, the ghost of a former store Santa is sure they’re perfect for each other. And he should know. He has a record for successful matchmaking that goes back seventy-five years. There’s always a Christmas wedding for a couple who met at the store. This year, there could be two, since Sophie’s friend Annie draws the eye of the mysterious Sean Martin. What better gift for Christmas than a happily-ever-after? Unless it's two?
In the second-story window of an Old Louisville Victorian, a grieving war widow sits at her computer--all day, every day--transcribing medical diagnoses to pay the bills and losing herself in a rich fantasy life to keep a distressing reality at bay.
But when a young man wanders into the courtyard below one afternoon--and then another afternoon and another afternoon and another afternoon--her reality and fantasy begin to merge in a way that's most unsettling.
But not entirely unpleasant.