The year is 1709. Dolph's father has been murdered, and to provide for his widowed mother, Dolph takes a position as assistant to the eccentric Dr. Knipperhausen, of New York City, where he soon discovers the doctor is in possession of an amulet with magical powers. When he accompanies the doctor on a riverboat up the Hudson River to Communipaw, a quaint little Dutch settlement, he is suddenly thrown into a world of goblins, spirits, Indians, pirates both living and dead, and falls in love with the beautiful Amy Webber, who he must rescue from an ancient cavern filled with all manner of fantastic dangers, and where he is finally given the opportunity to avenge his father.

The Holly Sisters' Adventure in Winterwood is a contemporary tale of three sisters who, while digging a snow tunnel in their back yard, dig their way right into a magical other-world, a woods peopled by faeries, gnomes, elves, three evil witches, and a frightening golem. The king of Winterwood has stolen something very precious from the faeries and unless they can get it back, they will not be able to celebrate Christmas. Clara and the Nutcracker Prince is a respectful reimagining of an original tale by E.T.A. Hoffmann. The year is 1994. When Clara's beloved grandmother, Nana dies, Clara's father decides to move the family from Nuremberg to Boston. On the eve of her first Christmas without her beloved Nana, Clara makes a wish and finds herself in a fantastic world created by her eccentric uncle Drosselmeyer, a world of mechanical dolls, a pesky gnome and an army of vicious mice. A handsome Nutcracker becomes her guide and her rescuer as she makes her way through the beautiful world of dancing dolls, in her quest to find her Nana.

What happens when a devout Mormon realizes that she is gay? Cathryn Lokey grew up in the Mormon Church and gladly went down the expected path of mission work, marriage, and motherhood-until she met Amy. Her world was turned upside down. In The Perfect Daughter, she shares the very personal journey of self-discovery that followed, with all its love, loss, grief, and bewilderment. Ultimately, she finds the courage to accept herself as a lesbian in the face of bitter rejection. She forges a new path-one once literally beyond imagining-that brings her joy and fulfillment. A path worthy of a daughter of God.

Beneath The Butterfly Tree is a historical fiction novel, based on true events. The story of two lives separated by time, finding their way to one another through a common destiny. A Chumash Indian boy, in 1860, struggling to make his way back to his tribe. And a successful architect, in 1991, determined to uncover the meaning of his strange, recurring dreams.

We don't really learn by finding the right answers. We learn by asking the right questions. Learning is a process, not a destination. The best path to knowledge of self then, other than true experience, is to sit with the questions that most frustrate us, that most frighten us-the ones for which we have the emptiest answers (or no answers at all). This book is intended to serve as a guide to help you get to know yourself better by using questions as a road-map to self-discovery. Think of it as an adventure-the truest and most important adventure you can ever experience: becoming acquainted with your self.