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There are many ways to disappear.

Ellie, a spirited 69-year-old, finds solace in her active life on the road alongside her best friend, Ruth, who is nearing 90 but still possesses a zest for life that belies her age. As Ruth makes the difficult decision to trade in her beloved camper for a cozy...

Revealing a secret may be liberating, yet some secrets can never be disclosed.

A year after her husband died, Deborah is still deeply torn over her role in his death, but she can’t confide in anyone without breaking a solemn promise. Her granddaughter, Ashley, is no longer the cheerful, confident tomboy Deborah remembers. Ashley has secrets of...

Every piece of baggage carries the tales of the lives it has touched.

Aaliyah Johnson just wants to live a normal life – finish school, have a career, a family, a future. But when her father takes his own life after his return from the war in Afghanistan, she and her mother are plunged into poverty and a homeless struggle to survive.

The unusual...

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Includes a PREVIEW of Book 2 of the series - Ellie Dwyer’s Big Mistake

You’re never too old to run away from home

Ellie Dwyer, 61, is convinced bad luck comes in threes, and not just garden-variety, oh-well bad luck. How many people have to flee not one, but two natural disasters? And in between the wildfire and the hurricane, her husband of...

Sleep. Eat. Walk.
Repeat.

Joni Walker, 52, lost her husband a year ago and feels unable to break out of her plateau of grief. Their dream trip to hike a section of the spectacular and rugged South West Coast Path in Cornwall, England is an adventure she can’t imagine tackling alone. But when her son offers to accompany her for a slightly...

Every child deserves a loving home.

Some don’t get what they deserve.

After ten-year-old Robin’s mother abandons her, life is never the same. Rejected by her father and his new family, she is shipped off to be raised by relatives she knows solely by reputation, and the reality is even worse than the stories she’s heard. Her hopes for her future...

Fans of The Leavers by Lisa Ko or In the Midst of Winter by Isabel Allende will love No Direction Home.

For a family divided, love knows no borders. #FamiliesBelongTogether

In this evocative fictional story inspired by today’s headlines, the immigrant family of thirteen-year-old Emma Cabezas is ripped apart. Her older brother faces deportation...

You’re never too old to run away from home.

You might say she’s running away from her troubles, but Ellie Dwyer figures it’s time to reinvent herself. When her husband of nearly 40 years suddenly leaves her for no discernable reason and a hurricane forces her to flee their home, she sets out on a journey unlike any she’s experienced before.

Her...

Once the cat’s out of the bag, there’s no telling what may happen next.

Ellie Dwyer, 63, embraces her new lifestyle – living full-time out of her tiny camper and sharing outdoor adventures with her energetic 82-year-old friend, Ruth. But Ellie’s idyllic world is interrupted when she is contacted by a woman who knows her oldest and best-kept...

Home is where the camper is.
Ellie’s travel arrangements are scuttled following a timely roadside “rescue” by a fellow full-time RVer. Walt is kind-hearted, funny, and, in Ellie’s opinion, a George Clooney look-alike. What better way to bide her time before moving on to her next camping reservation than to enjoy the company of a new friend at a...

Some trails lead to the unexpected.

For adventure-loving seniors Ellie and Ruth, it was supposed to be the perfect “Mother-Daughter Reunion” trip -- best friends, their daughters and sons-in-law, and a week of camping, hiking, and merriment in Colorado. But when Ellie and Ruth come across a lost camera and search for its owner, they make a...

You never know what sort of folks you’ll meet in the campground.

While camping for the winter in Arizona, Ellie Dwyer and Ruth, her octogenarian best friend, encounter a young woman with a shocking criminal past. After taking Brooke under their wing, the new friendship becomes strained when Brooke is suspected of reverting to her old ways.

In the...

May the best woman win.

Best friends and full-time campers, Ellie and Ruth, have always loved a good challenge. But little did they know, their latest adventure would lead them down paths they never could have expected. Set against the backdrop of the rugged Wyoming landscape, Ellie and Ruth find themselves competing in that state’s Senior...

Three missing and presumed dead...but one person is still alive

Two horrified witnesses watch as a mountainside crumbles, crashing down on a party of hikers. Searchers find no signs of life. Three missing, all presumed dead. Three families begin the difficult process of grieving.

But one of the missing is alive. Alone, injured, and terrified,...

What if you could no longer recognize faces?

Following a head injury from a rock climbing accident, Jessica faces a disturbing future where everyone looks like a stranger. When a team of embezzlers stumbles upon her diagnosis of prosopagnosia – face blindness – they seize the opportunity to entangle her in their scheme. As she discovers the...

All Curt wants is a simple, quiet life, and he relishes the solitude of his job as caretaker of a backcountry ski hut. His peaceful world is shattered by the reappearance of his identical twin brother, fresh out of prison, desperate and more dangerous than ever. Conrad has a plan and that plan may destroy Curt’s future. Not only is Curt’s life...

Because It’s There takes us on a marvelous photographic journey with more than 90 adventurous and spectacular images from five continents. Authors/Photographers Charlie and Diane Winger believe there is no better reason to move beyond a familiar horizon, explore what lies around the next bend, and discover a world outside our previous experience...