With her hot new series Wild Hearts, author Cherie Bennett has a built-in audience of girls 12 and up. A series of novels about four high school girls who start their own band, Wild Hearts brings together strong, likable characters, real high school concerns, and country music--a winning combination sure to top the charts.

From the international bestselling author of The Simple Wild comes Forever Wild, a novella that continues the story of Calla's journey to the Alaskan wild and a life she never imagined for herself. The holiday season is upon Calla and Jonah, and with the mistletoe and gingerbread comes plenty of family drama. Jonah is bracing himself for two weeks with a stepfather he loathes, and while Calla is looking forward to her mother and Simon's arrival, she dreads the continued pressure to set a date for their wedding ... in Toronto. Add in one bullheaded neighbor's unintentional meddling and another cantankerous neighbor's own family strife, and Christmas in Trapper's Crossing will be anything but simple.

Four teenage girls in Tennessee form a band, look for boys and make it through high school.

Wild Hearts is the first collection of poetry by Somte Ralte, a young Mizo writer who resides in Aizawl, the idyllic capital of Mizoram. The vivid descriptions of sights and sounds in the collection are direct references to the untouched beauty of nature surrounding the poet. Written in a simple, conversational tone, Wild Hearts encapsulates the lives and preoccupations of youths in Northeast India. Through the persona of the speaker, the poet addresses various issues that many youths face today, be it romance, society, religion, or the self. Beneath the seemingly simplified verse forms and language construction, the poet seeks to convey the deeper message of the importance of finding oneself amidst accepted conventions and traditions in many of her poems. Apart from this stress on self assertion, the poet also hints at the necessity of maintaining good mental health in today’s world, as youths increasingly succumb to daily pressures at an alarming rate. The collection invites a fresh look at the recurring perception of poetical works of Northeast India as rooted in one’s culture and traditions by transcending borders through images and locations, which leaves the reader with an overwhelming sense of rootlessness, perhaps synonymous with the poet’s lived experiences.

Saddle up for romance and adventure with the Wilde sisters! Shannon Wilde is the middle sister--and the one who loves animals. She's established her own homestead and is raising sheep for their wool. Things are going fine...until Shannon gets swept over a cliff by Matthew Tucker! Tucker seizes every opportunity to get away from civilization, but one particular walk in the woods ends with him sprinting away from an angry grizzly and plunging into a raging river, accidentally taking Shannon Wilde with him. Their adventure in the wilderness results in the solitary mountain man finding himself hitched to a young woman with a passel of relatives, a homestead, and a flock of sheep to care for. As Tucker and Shannon learn to live with each other, strange things begin to happen on Shannon's land. Someone clearly wants to drive her off, but whoever it is apparently didn't count on Tucker. Trying to scare Matthew Tucker just makes him mad--and trying to hurt the woman he's falling in love with sets off something even he never expected.

City girl Calla Fletcher attempts to reconnect with her estranged father, and unwittingly finds herself torn between her desire to return to the bustle of Toronto and a budding relationship with a rugged Alaskan pilot in this masterful new romance from acclaimed author K.A. Tucker. Calla Fletcher was two when her mother took her and fled the Alaskan wild, unable to handle the isolation of the extreme, rural lifestyle, leaving behind Calla’s father, Wren Fletcher, in the process. Calla never looked back, and at twenty-six, a busy life in Toronto is all she knows. But when her father reaches out to inform her that his days are numbered, Calla knows that it’s time to make the long trip back to the remote frontier town where she was born. She braves the roaming wildlife, the odd daylight hours, the exorbitant prices, and even the occasional—dear God—outhouse, all for the chance to connect with her father: a man who, despite his many faults, she can’t help but care for. While she struggles to adjust to this new subarctic environment, Jonah—the quiet, brooding, and proud Alaskan pilot who keeps her father’s charter plane company operational—can’t imagine calling anywhere else home. And he’s clearly waiting with one hand on the throttle to fly this city girl back to where she belongs, convinced that she’s too pampered to handle the wild. Jonah is probably right, but Calla is determined to prove him wrong. As time passes, she unexpectedly finds herself forming a bond with the burly pilot. As his undercurrent of disapproval dwindles, it’s replaced by friendship—or perhaps something deeper? But Calla is not in Alaska to stay and Jonah will never leave. It would be foolish of her to kindle a romance, to take the same path her parents tried—and failed at—years ago. It’s a simple truth that turns out to be not so simple after all.