A heartfelt, on the run, small town romance with a Virgin River meets The Hating Game vibe. Perfect for fans of Colleen Hoover. Can you ever truly start again? Stella I left my life behind; a life I wanted to forget. Now I’m the new girl in town, and my plan is to lie low and start fresh. But the local mechanic—my new roommate—is not going to let that happen. Determined, relentless, and deliciously covered in grease, he’s a distraction I don’t need. Lawson Drake found me broken down by the side of the road, and instead of thanking him for fixing my car, I almost broke his nose. Lawson There’s a new girl in town—my best friend’s step-sister—and she wants to play hard to get. Luckily, I enjoy that game, and I’ll play as hard and as long as she needs me to play. Determined, stubborn, and with eyes as sweet as chocolate, she’s just the distraction I need. Stella Walker was broken down by the side of the road, and instead of thanking me for fixing her car, she almost broke my nose. “This is a beautiful story of love, of hope and of learning not to run away from your problems - no matter how hard they might be to face.” ~ Reviewer.

Only those who are lost can be found. Stella Walker is fleeing from a past which haunts her on a daily basis, and from a city full of painful reminders of a life that's no longer hers. In an attempt to escape her memories, she plans to reinvent herself in the sanctuary of a tiny town in rural Victoria, by tracking down the one person she hopes can help, her stepbrother. What Stella doesn't anticipate is meeting his best friend Lawson Drake, a hotter–than–hot mechanic, the local knight in shining armour – and the most gorgeously infuriating man Stella has ever seen. When Lawson comes across a broken–down car by the side of the road, he is intrigued by its owner – a caramel–eyed brunette who clearly has a score to settle, not only with her defective vehicle, but with anyone who tries to get too close. The thing is, something about her makes Lawson want to get as close as he can possibly get. Can Lawson help Stella to fix her broken heart, and discover herself again?

Based on true stories, Discovering Twins was awarded a Gold Seal and 5 stars by the BookView and Prairies Book reviews. Contains striking WWII photographs. Memoir and fiction merge into an emotional journey into lifetimes.

Exploring Stella’s Island By: Bonilou Stella Custer A place where anything is possible... welcome to Stella's Island, where you can find something for everyone, from exploring and searching the island, to discovering and telling the secret story within.

Summarizes natural disasters throughout history, emphasizing the causes, the loss of life and property, and ways of lessening the damage.

In the first new Stella book in four years — in a series that has sold two million copies in ten languages — Stella introduces little brother Sam to the pleasures of reading. Sam is as busy and worried as ever, and Stella almost always has her nose in a book these days, but she finds time to help him out, while sharing her new pastime with contagious enthusiasm. Sam has gathered a wagonload of branches to build a doghouse for Fred, and he wonders if the book Stella is reading tells you how to make one. It doesn't (although it is very funny), but Stella is more than willing to give Sam a hand. As soon as the doghouse is built though, Sam worries that a wolf might come along and blow it down. Stella breezily banishes his fears, suggesting a picnic at Lily Pond. Stella cools her feet in the water, reading a story, while Sam tries to catch a frog. Are there frogs in Stella's book, he wonders. No, Stella tells him, but there is a toad wearing a velvet jacket... With her characteristically light touch, Marie-Louise Gay imparts the pleasures and importance of reading to her young audience, whether it be humor, fiction, nonfiction or poetry. Her detailed, beautifully rendered and often-amusing watercolor illustrations (spot the tiny bunny reading a book!) show yet again that Marie-Louise Gay is one of the very best artists creating picture books today.

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An incredible, revolutionary true story and surprisingly simple guide to teaching your dog to talk from speech-language pathologist Christina Hunger, who has taught her dog, Stella, to communicate using simple paw-sized buttons associated with different words. When speech-language pathologist Christina Hunger first came home with her puppy, Stella, it didn’t take long for her to start drawing connections between her job and her new pet. During the day, she worked with toddlers with significant delays in language development and used Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices to help them communicate. At night, she wondered: If dogs can understand words we say to them, shouldn’t they be able to say words to us? Can dogs use AAC to communicate with humans? Christina decided to put her theory to the test with Stella and started using a paw-sized button programmed with her voice to say the word “outside” when clicked, whenever she took Stella out of the house. A few years later, Stella now has a bank of more than thirty word buttons, and uses them daily either individually or together to create near-complete sentences. How Stella Learned to Talk is part memoir and part how-to guide. It chronicles the journey Christina and Stella have taken together, from the day they met, to the day Stella “spoke” her first word, and the other breakthroughs they’ve had since. It also reveals the techniques Christina used to teach Stella, broken down into simple stages and actionable steps any dog owner can use to start communicating with their pets. Filled with conversations that Stella and Christina have had, as well as the attention to developmental detail that only a speech-language pathologist could know, How Stella Learned to Talk will be the indispensable dog book for the new decade.