Barbara Dan

Teachers have the power to change the life of a child with every new school day. Whether they're discovering math or reading, practicing a new instrument or a new sport, or learning about our wonderful, diverse world, students can count on the kindness, innovation, and patience of a teacher. This is a wonderful celebration of all the ways teachers help their student's bloom.

A Swashbuckling Tale of Romance Adventures on the High Seas In Part I, Fair Winds to Jamaica, unwilling bride, Rosalyn Morgan escapes the marriage mill in Boston by defying Captain Grant Watermann and going aboard the Fair Winds. Believing the ship is bound for England, she and her accomplice, Mercy Wallins, find themselves sailing into warm tropical waters Now at the mercy of Captain and his scurvy crew, these venturesome lasses encounter pirates in the Caribbean, a slave uprising in Jamaica, and then by the skin of their teeth, escape through the storm-tossed Atlantic en route to England during the reign of William of Orange.

In Part II, Fair Winds to Muscovy, Mercy loses her heart to a Polish nobleman, and Rosalyn, concerned for her friend's safety, accompanies Mercy and a wild Cossack warrior on a dangerous journey to Russia during the rebellion of the Streltsy Guard against Czar Peter the Great. As political intrigue escalates in Peter's court, Grant Watermann finishes up his business in Moscow and rejoins Rosalyn and Mercy in the frozen north where they come under attack by the Swedes Against this backdrop of harrowing experiences, Rosalyn Morgan and the Fair Winds' roguish Captain Grant Watermann continue their spirited battle against a fatal attraction that keeps drawing this tempestuous couple together

When Persia Montello bets against the high-strung racehorse her late father bred but could never win a race with, she had every expectation of rescuing herself from poverty. But Lord Wildemere, the horse's new owner, must have had a few tricks up his sleeve, because the horse streaks to the finish line, beating all the competition. Persia loses her bet and, even worse, before the night is over, Persia finds herself in the earl's custody, accused of impairing the horse and ending its racing career. When the earl invites suspects to a house party at his country estate, suddenly there is also a murder to solve.

No one in Happy Valley ever suspected Walker Simmons' deep, dark secret. Indeed, how could they? Easy going, well liked, and dependable, Walker Simmons is just your average, easy-going cowboy. He works hard, cracks jokes when the going gets tough, and even comes up with pretty fair Sunday sermons in his spare time at church. Not that he's a holier-than-thou kind of guy. No calling down fire and brimstone on cowpokes hung over from Saturday night. None of that. Walker Simmons is a friend to everyone, be they saint or sinner, man, woman or child. Never married, though a few young ladies cast a hopeful eye in his direction . . . But all that changes one bone-chilling day in March of 1889, when tragedy struck at the Gunderson's ranch down the road. Secretly in love with his best friend's wife Mitzi for years, Walker convinces the grieving young widow that with a ranch to run and a ten-year-old son to raise, she needs a man around the place to do the heavy lifting. And, oh, yes, by the way, perhaps they should tie the knot, so as not to shock the neighbors? Deeply moved by such neighborly concern, Mitzi accepts his proposal. And so this happy bachelor moves in to fill her late husband's shoes. It doesn't take long before the sparks begin to fly