When recently widowed, forty-five-year-old Anne Farley decides to volunteer at the Danville Senior Center, she finds she may have bitten off more than she can chew. The director, Royal, immediately puts her in charge of the new lunch program, and Anne has her hands full working with the other volunteers and the town's mayor. In addition to adjusting to her new job, she must deal with her grief, learn to manage her finances, and maintain her home on her own. Along the way she makes new friends, takes a grant writing course, grows in competence and confidence in her new life, and meets a...

Life for David Corbin, Solas Beir of Cai Terenmare, is grim, at best. The kingdom he rules is on the brink of war. Abby, the love of his life, has vanished without a trace, and David fears the worst-that she was brutally murdered by the Daughters of Mercy, mercenaries controlled by the dark lord, Tynan Tierney. His friend, Jon, has been captured by the Kruorumbrae, the evil Shadows, and David has no idea how to rescue him, or if he's even still alive. The Eastern Oracle has pledged loyalty to Tierney's cause, and all communication with the Solas Beir and the other Oracles has ceased. And to...

Each fall after harvest, the dragon would storm into the village of Falorn. The people would hide in fear as the beast ransacked the town, eating anything and everything in sight-corn, wheat, flower boxes, and wagon wheels-and breathed fire and smoke as it thundered through the streets. The poor people were always left with nothing but scraps to live on, and more damage to repair. This continued year after year after year, until one day, a homeless orphan boy named Timothy confronted the dragon, and everything changed.

Each fall after harvest, the dragon would storm into the village of Falorn. The people would hide in fear as the beast ransacked the town, eating anything and everything in sight-corn, wheat, flower boxes, and wagon wheels-and breathed fire and smoke as it thundered through the streets. The poor people were always left with nothing but scraps to live on, and more damage to repair. This continued year after year after year, until one day, a homeless orphan boy named Timothy confronted the dragon, and everything changed.

Life for David Corbin, Solas Beir of Cai Terenmare, is grim, at best. The kingdom he rules is on the brink of war. Abby, the love of his life, has vanished without a trace, and David fears the worst-that she was brutally murdered by the Daughters of Mercy, mercenaries controlled by the dark lord, Tynan Tierney. His friend, Jon, has been captured by the Kruorumbrae, the evil Shadows, and David has no idea how to rescue him, or if hes even still alive.
The Eastern Oracle has pledged loyalty to Tierneys cause, and all communication with the Solas Beir and the other Oracles has ceased. And to...