Once, Tarcienne was united under the rule of the Rose Queen. But that was before the Rift. Before the magic disappeared... Orphaned Calixta has spent her entire life as an indentured servant to the heartless Countess of Vauvillers. After she discovers her mother's journal and a few seeds inside, she takes the chance to plant them, hoping for a connection to her long-lost parent. When they instantly grow into a forty foot tall weeping willow, she gets more than she bargained for. Maybe she shouldn't have planted it in a public park… As the Alaincourt heir, Martel knows his duty to the dukedom comes first. That means supporting his mother's political alliances, sitting attentively in endless council meetings, and not smothering his annoying younger brothers. It also means heading out in the middle of the night when a rumor of impossible plant magic reaches the palace… Calixta never intended to grow a tree overnight. She never intended to attract the attention of Lord Martel, or reawaken the realm's magic affinities, or become an apprentice to the duchess's oldest, grumpiest, and most mysterious lady-in-waiting either. But while the secrets of the Everlasting Rose Queen and the Reign of the Roses are starting to unravel, Calixta and Martel find their new magic—and their hearts—more and more tangled together… Secrets of Water and Willow is a Cinderella retelling—if Cinderella rediscovered elemental magic before she went to the ball, if the fairy godmother was more cranky than kind, and if the prince was a ducal heir with magic of his own. Pre-order your copy of this steamy fantasy romance today! Reign of the Roses is a steamy romantasy series of fairy tale retellings with a new couple and an HEA in each book. The stories are connected and should be read in order to make the most sense.

From the author of An Eccentric Engagement comes a Regency romance celebrating the witty and romantic world that fans of Georgette Heyer have fallen in love with. “Simpson excels at imbuing her realistic characters with subtle depths!” —John Charles, American Library Association As chaperone to the Season’s most desirable young miss, Amy Corbett has two specific duties: to ensure that her charge’s reputation remains spotless, and to see her betrothed to an exceptional beau. Given that the coquettish Lady Rowena manages to maintain an air of propriety while being a flirt of the highest caliber, Amy knows her job should be easy—if only the calculating young aristocrat weren’t so set on toying with men’s hearts, including that of her latest prey, the debauched Lord Dante Pierson. Like other gentlemen of high standing and low tastes, Lord Pierson’s restless desire for excitement had driven him into a life of squalor and scandalous social blunders. Finding himself drunk and mud-spattered in a gutter one night, he spies an angelic apparition in a passing carriage and is overcome by a will to reform—surely such a woman could give him hope of rebirth. When he learns that the anonymous beauty is Lady Rowena, he vows to coax that flicker of warmth into a flame. As Rowena lures the unsuspecting Pierson ever closer to heartbreak, Amy realizes that for all the talk of his wastrel ways, he is actually a gentle and caring man to be championed and cherished. And in an unguarded moment, the unassuming Amy and downtrodden Lord Pierson will discover that they possess kindred souls—and will make a daring decision to follow their own true path to happiness and love . . . This book was originally published as Lord Pierson Reforms.

Naturalist Craig Childs's "utterly memorable and fantastic" study of the desert's dangerous beauty is based on years of adventures in the deserts of the American West (Washington Post). Like the highest mountain peaks, deserts are environments that can be inhospitable even to the most seasoned explorers. Craig Childs, who has spent years in the deserts of the American West as an adventurer, a river guide, and a field instructor in natural history, has developed a keen appreciation for these forbidding landscapes: their beauty, their wonder, and especially their paradoxes. His extraordinary treks through arid lands in search of water are an astonishing revelation of the natural world at its most extreme. "Utterly memorable and fantastic...Certainly no reader will ever see the desert in the same way again." —Suzannah Lessard, Washington Post

Willow is shy. VERY shy. Her home is in an abandoned mailbox, and she'd rather stay put. Outside kids scream and soccer balls collide, trees look like monsters, and rain is noisy in a scary kind of way. It's much nicer to stay inside, drawing. But then a young boy drops a letter in Willow's mailbox: it's a note to the moon asking for a special favor. Willow knows that if she doesn't brave the world outside, the letter will never be delivered, and the boy will be heartbroken. Should she try? Can she? Cat Min delivers a breathtakingly illustrated story about shyness, the power of empathy, and what it means to make a friend.

Willow is a sweet, clever little squirrel who’s about to experience her first winter. She’ll use her creativity and imagination to have all kinds of fun with the other woodland creatures. Together they’ll make new friends, solve tricky problems, and invent fun games to play. The Adventures of Willow is a charming chapter book for early readers. It encourages children to interact with Willow’s adventures by sharing ideas, talking about the illustrations, and drawing their own versions of the characters. The exciting and humourous situations the characters encounter are written to entertain and delight thoughtful children.