First-grade teacher Caroline isn't the kind of girl who goes looking for trouble, but after a trip north to meet single men with her best friend, it seems like trouble finds her. She spends a wild night with a handsome stranger and ends up with a broken heart -- and a few months later, a different kind of surprise. Bear shifter Max didn't expect to have any fun at a mail order bride gathering, but fate had other things in store for him. When Caroline flees the morning after their tryst, he resigns himself to more lonely nights out at the oil fields. Then she comes looking for him, and he realizes there's more going on between them than just a wild night. She can't hide her baby bump like he hides his bear side. He's just getting used to the idea of being a father when the enemy wolf pack starts stirring up trouble. Caroline doesn't understand what Max is hiding, but getting kidnapped by a bunch of strangers and wolves seems like just another day for his family. She isn't ready to raise a kid by herself, but she can't stay at the ranch when there's danger around every corner. How can she have a baby with a guy she barely knows, and one who seems to be hiding something huge? Can she and Max figure it all out before the biggest change of their lives is... delivered?

I am here with treats to share. Fluffy cookies baked with care! Zogby wants to work for Fluffy Tail Cookies as a delivery animal—but he's a bear and all the other animals are cute bunnies. Zogby tries to pretend to be a bunny by wearing bunny ears, putting on whiskers, and adding a fluffy tail. But he still scares the customers! When Zogby realizes being himself is best, can he find a way to stand out and get the job?

In his Nautilus Award-winning classic Touching Spirit Bear, author Ben Mikaelson delivers a powerful coming-of-age story of a boy who must overcome the effects that violence has had on his life. After severely injuring Peter Driscal in an empty parking lot, mischief-maker Cole Matthews is in major trouble. But instead of jail time, Cole is given another option: attend Circle Justice, an alternative program that sends juvenile offenders to a remote Alaskan Island to focus on changing their ways. Desperate to avoid prison, Cole fakes humility and agrees to go. While there, Cole is mauled by a mysterious white bear and left for dead. Thoughts of his abusive parents, helpless Peter, and his own anger cause him to examine his actions and seek redemption—from the spirit bear that attacked him, from his victims, and, most importantly, from himself. Ben Mikaelsen paints a vivid picture of a juvenile offender, examining the roots of his anger without absolving him of responsibility for his actions, and questioning a society in which angry people make victims of their peers and communities. Touching Spirit Bear is a poignant testimonial to the power of a pain that can destroy, or lead to healing. A strong choice for independent reading, sharing in the classroom, homeschooling, and book groups.

The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.