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When venture capitalist Luc Deschaines' daughter, Stephanie, is accepted by his Ivy League alma mater, the proud father arranges for her to spend her summer before college on the Round Top Ranch, one of his Texas investments. Where better for her to enjoy a few months of riding, swimming in the creek, and improving her Spanish language skills? Luc has no qualms about leaving her in the care of the ranch's manager and his large, close-knit family. Stephanie spends long days in the saddle on Elena Sauseda's breathtaking blue roan mare.

Author Katie Maylea makes her debut in this raw, honest memoir about surviving life when living seems no longer an option. Katie revisits her past and looks beyond, to her future as a person living with mental illness, sharing with the listener a message of hope driven by sheer audacity. Through personal writings spanning years, In Bloom Not Broken invites us into the mind of a troubled young woman navigating through the hostile, barren landscape of depression entirely by feel, driven by her insatiable will to survive no matter the obstacles in her way.

Signs of Life is book three in The Riverwood Series; it's Asha Hamilton's story. She's on the U.S Olympic Three-Day-Eventing team and it's five days before the opening ceremonies at the summer games in Atlanta. That's the worst day of her life, as she learns how bitterly she's been betrayed by the two people she loved and trusted most. The American team fails to medal and Asha finds herself in Vermont, ostracized and alone, struggling to re-build her life.

Ronnie Chandler's past - especially the identity of her ex-husband - is a secret, held close and shared with only a trusted few. Planning never to see him again, she’d moved halfway across the country and found a job in a profession where he'd never in a million years look for her. Ready for a bigger challenge than selling small cabins, Ronnie and her colleagues at Horse Country Real Estate attract The Westlake Group, venture capitalists from Virginia, to underwrite the creation of Riverwood, a planned equestrian community. Senator Evan Parker is in Tennessee on a fact-finding trip.

A young girl discovers that deep within herself, an ancient power dwells in her soul. Esther Green is known as a "Clockwork", powerful individuals who are sworn to protect the Earth. Along with the Clockworks, there are Exols and Creators who live conspicuously among the humans. But somewhere lies a novel of infinite truth, a living vessel titled Brilliance that writes itself and all that partakes in history and the universe.

When Ronnie and her partners at Horse Country Real Estate attract investors to underwrite the creation of Riverwood, an equestrian community in rural Tennessee, that's when things start to heat up. Ronnie's associates are far more than colleagues; they’re her support system and her true friends. They always have her back but never more so than when Ronnie’s ex-husband, United States Senator Evan Parker, arrives in Tennessee and presents her with an unpalatable ultimatum.

The day Avery Belmont was born, her father disappeared. Shortly after, her mother stole her away to Detroit, far away from the secrets buried deep in Shady Creek. But when her estranged grandmother dies, Avery is forced to return and face the rumors that she’s a witch, making her wish she’d never come back - until Drew Montgomery gives her a reason to stay.