Riding High

Cole Ashby will seiner Tochter ein stabiles Zuhause bieten, deshalb tut der sexy Single-Dad alles dafür, die Stelle als Sheriff von Laurel Creek zu bekommen. Dann droht eine wilde Partynacht in Las Vegas alles zu zerstören: Betrunken hat er ausgerechnet Ginger Danforth geheiratet! Der Tochter eines Abgeordneten würde ein solcher Skandal schaden, erst recht eine Trennung. Cole und Ginger schließen einen Pakt: Sie bleiben verheiratet, bis Gingers Vater die Wahlen gewinnt und Cole den Sheriffjob in der Tasche hat – doch die Fake-Ehe beginnt schnell, sich gefährlich echt anzufühlen.

Her heart is wild. Only he can capture it. When Cole Ashby is appointed Laurel Creek's interim sheriff, he is determined to prove himself as the best man for the job. A devoted single dad, his goal is to lay steady roots for his young daughter. As the daughter of a Kentucky congressman, Ginger Danforth's life has always been about neat appearances. But inside, she's dying to break free and embrace the sense of adventure that runs through her veins.

Many dream of dropping everything and just traveling around the world. It's a common dream, but few imagine embarking on that journey by bicycle. Exposed to the elements, legs burning, all your possessions strapped to you and your bicycle - it doesn't paint a relaxing picture, but this is just what Pierre-Yves Tremblay did.

Primrose Bellevue is many things—a candy maker, an influencer, and a pink-loving, confident woman. She isn't, however, a criminal. That is until she commits the stupidest crime in history. After her very public break-up and her sudden fame as a stalker, she has no choice but to escape the scene of the crime. By some stroke of luck, the grumpy, arrogant farmer who witnessed it all just so happens to be desperate for an alibi of his own. But lacking a stable connection out in the sticks might not be the worst part of bunking with her fake boyfriend.

In Riding, Pardis Mahdavi meditates on the lessons learned over a lifetime of horseback riding and the falling, failing, and joy it brings. At once a history of Caspian horses, an exploration of Mahdavi's Iranian-American identity and family history, and a consideration of the capacity for self-reflection and self-compassion through human-animal relationships, Riding offers a roadmap for learning to live in harmony with the self and the environment around us.

Walter the cat reads the classic Little Red Riding Hood story to the kittens from The High Meows before bedtime.