Helen Phillips

Sisters, Madeline and Ruby travel to a Central American jungle to help find their missing father, a renowned bird watcher, only to discover a nefarious plot that puts their lives in danger.

A young couple sets out to build a life together in an unstable world haunted by monsters, plagued by disasters, full of longing--but also one of transformation, wonder, and delight, peopled by the likes of Noah, Bob Dylan, the Virgin Mary, and Anne Frank. Hovering between reality and fantasy, whimsy and darkness, these linked fables describe a universe both surreal and familiar.

"Where Love Begins is an oral history told from memory about a girl growing up with her family in Bernalillo, N.M. Written in the form of a poem, it combines family love with deep historic roots. For nearly 325 years this little town has had the longest unbroken tradition of Los Matachines, an ancient dance that traces its roots to medieval Spain and incorporates local Native American traditions."--Provided by publisher.

Rick Meadows is a retired detective who spent his final years in law enforcement working with the Crimes Against Children unit. In this role he confronted predators inflicting tremendous evil upon innocent children. One day in early May he was called to intervene in the life of a ten-year-old girl, Shantay. Rick quickly discovered that Shantay was not only the victim of one of the worst cases of child abuse in the state of Virginia, she and her sister...

Lucy and Alpha are identical twins. But on the inside, they couldn't be more different. A story about healing through nature and listening to the wildness inside us all... When Lucy and Alpha's parents split up, they move with mum to their grandad's home in the forest. Mum has a new job at a rewilding centre, reintroducing wolves to the wild. Lucy loves the forest where she can stargaze with her telescope. And she can't go back to school and face...