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Before her tears are fully spent, Prudence Stone is on a plane heading to Maine. The timely inheritance, a seaside cottage located in what appears to be a backwater town void of romantic temptations, promises to be the panacea for her broken heart. But Hannah Ellison had a different idea when she bequeathed the salt-encrusted albatross to her great-granddaughter, causing Prudence to seek a balance between her former island life and a lonely existence in Maine. Torn from the beginning, she is then challenged by the very different personalities of Hannah's two best friends; one dotty, the other ornery. These widows of Thatcher Lane both comfort and confuse and pull her in different directions. But it is the stranger's face nestled within Hannah's silver locket that tugs the hardest; that is, until Prudence finds the letters.

It's the last week of school before summer vacation. Best friends Andrew and Wills realize they'll have to come up with a plan to avoid getting sucked into the same old stuff their parents sign them up for every year, like soccer or computer camp. This summer, they want adventure. So they start a club with some neighborhood kids, adopting Andrew's Darwinian science project as their guiding mission after being forced to accept Wills' overbearing older brother Taylor, and his hulking sidekick, Strat, as members. But something's wrong with Andrew, and the test to determine who will join their club seems to be rapidly spinning out of control. When outsmarting the older boys proves challenging, and the club's underground initiation goes haywire, surviving it tests the strength of both friendship and brotherhood."Greene ably presents the contradictions and difficulties of growing up from a boy's point of view. The way that Wills navigates his competing instincts is realistic and moving. A skillful exploration of a tween boy's coming-of-age." - KIRKUS REVIEWS

A series of short stories and homespun yarns of life on a rural Maine farm in the 1960s and 1970s. These stories are delivered in an "earthy tongue in cheek" manner with a heaping helping of twinkling humor. The author takes the reader on a rollicking ride as seen through the eyes of an incorrigible boy who shares the love of family, farm, and a way of life. The reader should plan on spontaneous outbreaks of laughter, smiles, and chuckles as the stories unfold.

One of the hardest things to do in life is to discover the place, feeling, or person who helps get you centered and on the right path. Sarah hopes her move to Maine is just the thing her dysfunctional life needs. Within hours of arriving, she befriends a dog and makes an enemy of Hank, a man going down the wrong path. Over the next few years, Sarah finds the friends she wanted and the family she'd longed for.

Through no fault of her own, Thea Chadworth, a quiet librarian in the small coastal town of Trafton, Maine, is embroiled in murder, the mystery of her past, and international goings on. She is introduced to the worst and best as she tries to come to grips with what is happening in her life. Helped by a member of the sheriff's department who quickly becomes a love interest for Thea, she needs to find out who is friend and who is foe. Thea draws on her inner strength and intelligence to survive.

Salty Liquor is Rainford's first full-length collection of poems. Gary Rainford lives on Swans Island in Maine year-round with his wife and daughter. His poetry, shaped by tides and saltwater, is published in a wide range of literary magazines and university journals, including North Dakota Quarterly, Words and Images, Aurorean, Omphalos, Kindred, and Blast Furnace. Rainford was a featured poet on the Maine Poetry Express, at the Roundup Writer's Zine, Artist-in-Residence in Acadia National Park, and received Topsham Public Library's Joy of the Pen 2014 Poetry Honorable Mention.

A summer's sailing cruise off the coast of Maine.

This story is based upon a true incident in the history of the Kennebec River in Maine. Autumn floods are unusual and this one did a great deal of damage to crops which had been left in the field for harvest. The flood was called the "Pumpkin Freshet" in local history books, because of the hundreds of pumpkins which floated on the crest of the river from bank to bank making their way to the Atlantic.

When Inland, a humpback whale, dies after becoming entangled in fishing gear, the Whale Center of New England recovers her remains and displays them as an effective tool to teach visitors about humpbacks.

This is a tale told by me, Chelydra serpentina serpentina -- Turtle, about how three men entered my sanctuary on McGrath Pond in Oakland, Maine, where I dreamed about fairies, Indians, pirates and happy things and where Lester Jolovitz, George Keller and Richard Hawkes dreamed about a YMCA summer camp to be known as Camp Tracy where children would be safe doing happy things in a summer camp setting.

Earl's latest caper set in small-town Belfry Village, Maine. A wonderful three-plotted tale that you are going to love.

Denis "Dee" Dauphinee has been a farmer, photographer, orthopaedic physician's assistant, a climbing and fishing guide, and a writer contributing to several "small, almost unheard-of newspapers." He spent an entire decade wandering the earth, searching. For what, he didn't know. And everywhere he went, he fly fished...and usually got into some sort of trouble-or hurt-or both.

For 55 years, she has been entertaining three generations of children with her magical bedtime stories about the exploits of a 12-inch-tall elf with pointy ears and bright-green eyes, who nests in a hollow tree on an old farm, somewhere in the Unity area. His name is Tippy Tom. If he hadn't fallen out of a tree into her clothes basket while she was hanging out clothes one fine day, she might never have discovered him. At least, that's what she has told her four children and eight grandchildren, who grew up hearing hundreds of her spur-of-the-moment stories about the kindly, helpful elf.

Reminiscences and Recipes is a collection about mostly Maine people and recipes relevant to some of the stories. There are stories of the famous such as artist Louise Nevelson and how her career paved the way for women artists; the known such as Harold Alfond and his gift to start the Alfond Youth Center in Waterville which is the only combined Boys & Girls Club and YMCA in the country; the unknown such as Constance McCatherine and Martin Silver and their gift to New York University to establish the Silver School of Social Work. The cover of the book, Barbara's Dessert, is a photograph by Beverly Hallam. The story about Beverly is about her art and the Surf Point Foundation she and Mary-Leigh Smart established to ultimately provide for an artists' colony on their land in York. Travel stories include historic information. Some wacky anecdotes such as Jacking Worms and YumYum are included as well. The recipes range from Down East Fish Chowder made with a cheese sauce, Tarte au Citron, a lemon-filled tarte baked in a buttery French pie crust, to Koulourakia, traditional Greek cookies covered with sesame seeds. All can be made from readily available ingredients. A career in catering is highlighted as well as adult education cooking classes and food demonstrations in gourmet shops.

THE ABERRATION is a disturbing story that chronicles the near dissolution of Karcher and Witte's young marriage by an unethical female psychiatrist in Portland who seduces Karcher through hypnotherapy. Emotionally crippled by alcoholic parents, a parade of nannies who doubled as his mother's lovers, and the suicide of his masculine mother, Karcher is an easy mark. Within weeks, the doctor has him hooked and so confused, he believes his wife is the one who controls him. But there is always hope. The book is buoyed by narrator Karcher's unsteady progress toward reconciliation --with his deceased mother, his wife and himself -- and by the firm grounding provided him by his centered wife and her Maine parents.

It's the eighties and Lily Harmon, newly single, embarks on a journey that lands her in the Caribbean. As she waits out the hurricane of the century on the island of St. Margeaux, Lily faces her fears by mentally walking through the accidental adventures that have become her life, all beginning with her arrival on the island of Puerto Rico. Swept into the arms of a Latin pilot, she had quickly discovered not only the natural beauty of the region, but also the very compelling joy of life without a guide. In the warm, sultry climate friendships thrive, romances flourish, and Lily's island odyssey is born.

At a major turning point in his life, Chris Johnson dares to throw it all away to hike the Appalachian Trail. Along the way he is met with friendships, hardships, beauty, suffering, struggle and gain, confrontations with demons both old and new, and ultimately triumph. An honest account, told from the heart, of the life-altering events encountered while following a dream.

It was late spring, time for quaintly quiet Feather Island off the coast of Maine to release its yearly dreams of challenge found within the souls of its young teens. For "almost fourteen"-year-old Tad Callant and Lance Dieter it was time to be "first in" nude at the pond, to compete for the title of king on the rotting timbers of the ancient wharf down front. Suddenly time stood still as unusual nightmares slithered into reality in homes, hearts, and families. Deaths and puzzles had followed threats made by strange Dr. Banville from his mysterious mansion on the southern bluff. It was time for Tad and Lance to understand what was happening as they awaited news about their fathers. It was time to meet unbelievable odds with the strong determination only teens can put forth blindly, and on occasion, successfully. It was time to include Tad's psychic younger brother and even a girl.

Snuggled between two fine lakes, the quaint Maine village of Belfry gets by on its own good looks and the free-flapping wallets of annoying summer tourists. Here, locals struggle to learn far more about each other than is necessary and face all things new with great caution. The formula works fine for everyday life, but not for a murder under their very noses, and certainly not for a sudden deluge of folding money.

"50 Great New England Family Fishing Vacations" is the ultimate planning guide for families that enjoy outdoor recreation, hands-on learning opportunities and making wonderful summer memories together. While all 50 chapters do include excellent fishing destinations, Grant also includes a wide range of activities sure to please non-anglers, and to keep the family entertained when the day's fishing is done.Lodging options range from tenting and RVing to rental cabins, resorts and family-friendly hotels. Chapters include where-to information on hiking, wildlife watching, biking, horseback riding, golf, kayaking, dining, shopping and more. This guide also includes educational opportunities at museums, aquariums and historical sites throughout New England.Be sure to pack "50 Great New England Family Fishing Vacations," -- and a camera -- to capture summer vacation memories that will last a lifetime!