Houston’s had a crush on Dustin since the first time he saw him, even though Dustin was a massive dragon when that happened. Since then, Dustin has shifted back to his human form, and Houston’s crush is getting worse. When Houston wants something, he doesn’t shy away from trying to get it, and he wants Dustin. Dustin doesn’t understand why Houston is so fascinated with him, but he wishes he’d stop trying to talk to him. He’s running from his father, and the last thing he wants is for the clan to find him and threaten the pack. But Houston knows how to wiggle his way into Dustin’s heart, and he does so happily. When Dustin’s father finally comes for him, Dustin can’t run like he’d been planning to. He didn’t expect the pack to stand up for him against his father, but maybe he should have. Even though it’s not enough to stop his father.

Shelby Kincaid is ready to move on from her grief. With high hopes for the future, she longs to purchase her family's ancestral homestead so she can raise her young daughters in the only place she ever truly belonged. She plans to transform the abandoned house into the perfect home of her memories. But she'll have her work cut out for her. AJ Sullivan never wanted the homestead. Inherited as a punishment from his grandfather, it has sat empty for fifteen years and fallen into ruin. He's glad to finally unload it. But a clean break isn't possible when he can't get the young widow Shelby off his mind. Welcome to Misty Willow, a place that will have as great a hold over the reader as it does over its inhabitants. With writing that evokes a strong sense of place and personal history, Johnnie Alexander deftly explores the ties that bind us to home--and the irresistible forces that draw us to each other.

THE HARDEST TASK HE’D EVER FACE… Tongues wagged when Millstown’s resident bad boy roared into town on the back of his Harley. Only a dire emergency could bring Wade Winslow back to the place where he’d never belonged and never would. But now someone else needed his help—the trusting young girl who’d given herself to him… …in a searing night of lovemaking Erin McCuen would never forget. Then Wade left town, taking her heart with him. Twelve years later the lanky boy who’s been her biggest defender was back—a risk-taking smoke-jumper tempting her with a passion that stunned them both. With Erin by his side, was Wade ready to slay thedragons of the past and take the biggest risk of all?

Tuga enjoys his new life with his father and his new home in Atash. But when he travels to the capital city to begin his training, things shift again. He doesn’t fit in with the other boys—too old, too strange, too uneducated. He begins to fear that he will never become the son his father needs. He tries to find his way, but no one seems to understand his problems, and so he strives alone. Until his bravery finds him a friend.

Catherine Boyd will do anything to regain custody of her young son... even reconcile with the husband accused of killing their son’s twin. Catherine graduates from college, eager to start a new life with her six-year-old son, Drew. But when she tries to bring him home, her parents refuse to relinquish control of the grandson they’d raised. Wrongly accused of a horrible crime, Thomas Boyd has buried himself in his career, determined to forget his painful past and the family he lost. But now, five years later, Catherine is back, requesting his help to regain custody of their son—custody he thought she had. Though older and wiser, when courtroom battles reveal lies and secrets and generations of pain, will Thomas and Catherine find only more tragedy and loss, or will old wounds finally heal?

Jack thought he had everything only to end up without a wife, a best friend or a child. Now he is closed off and afraid to love. After despair nearly cost him his life, he can't afford another heartbreak. Burying himself in work, Jack has made business his whole life. Now a business opportunity has led him to Gus, the one man who can break down his defenses. Gus doesn't know what he is getting himself into when he flirts with his new boss. The uptight younger man is irresistible to him. Is Gus being reckless when he falls for Jack despite all the warning signs? After all, Gus is a happy, single father to a little boy, and Josh is a happy kid. As he is drawn into their lives, Jack finds that Gus and his little boy are everything he needs and what he is most afraid of. Jack can't risk his heart again, but he might be won over by these two goofballs despite himself.

The Natural Family Where It Belongs emphasizes the vital bond of the natural family to an agrarian-like household, where the "sexual" merges with the "economic" through marriage and child-rearing and where the family is defined by its material efforts. This agrarianism is alive and well in twenty-first century America and Europe. Allan C. Carlson argues that recreating a family-cantered economy portends renewal of the true democracy dreamed of by Washington, Adams, and Jefferson. Critically well received, this paperback edition makes The Natural Family Where It Belongs available to teachers and students of twentieth century American social history and the American family system. It will also be welcomed by practitioners involved with the "new agrarian" revival of the last twenty-five years. As Carlson demonstrates, agrarian households represent the touchstones of a sustainable human future. Written by one of the most prestigious and respected scholars in the field, The Natural Family Where It Belongs will influence how today's family life is viewed in America and abroad. This volume is the latest in Transaction's Marriage and Family Studies series.