Winter Survival Stories

In a world hollowed out by sickness, two survivors learn that the hardest thing to trust is the chance at something real. Cara O’Keefe has spent her whole life hidden deep in the woods, taught to rely on no one but herself. After the world falls, solitude becomes her armor—until three strangers stumble into her territory and shift the life she’s always known. Jay Bennett never expected to want anything again. Scarred by loss and the weight of what he couldn’t save, he’s resigned himself to simply surviving. But Cara—fierce, capable, and unexpectedly gentle—awakens a longing he...

It’s been over six months since the eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano. Alex and Darla have been staying with Alex’s relatives, trying to cope with the new reality of the primitive world so vividly portrayed in Ashfall, the first book in this trilogy. It’s also been six months of waiting for Alex’s parents to return from Iowa. Alex and Darla decide they can wait no longer and must retrace their journey into Iowa to find and bring back Alex’s parents to the tenuous safety of Illinois.

Peace has been restored to the Overworld after an epic griefer battle. Lily, Simon, and Michael are glad to have a break from fighting, and even from their attempts to escape the game and return to their normal lives. But then two new players are zapped onto the server, and no one's sure who's responsible for trapping them. With Mr. Anarchy and the other griefers in prison, anyone could be a suspect, and tempers flare as the townspeople's suspicions turn inward.

For twenty years, Nathan Hale has lived in self-imposed exile, trading the complications of the human world for the brutal simplicity of a high-altitude cabin. He has hardened his heart against his past, believing that absolute isolation is the only way to survive. But on the night of a historic blizzard, the silence of the wilderness is broken. As the snow buries the peak, Nathan is stalked by three entities that defy the laws of nature. From the ancient, skeletal warnings of a Stag-Man to the grounding, earthen presence of a massive Sasquatch, the forest has come to judge him. But as ...

The three friends trapped in their Minecraft game have never been closer to escaping the Overworld, and they can't wait to return home after being trapped on the server for so long. But then a vicious horde of creepers attacks, delaying their escape. Soon the gang learns that there's a new villain behind the attack: a griefer so twisted that he'd rather stay trapped in the Overworld than live a mundane life in the real world - and he has no qualms about keeping every other player trapped on the server with him.

Simon, Michael, and Lily are playing on a multiplayer server when a strange lightning storm hits their town. In the middle of an intense game, a bolt of lightning strikes, sucking the three friends into the game! They discover that they've been transformed into their Minecraft characters. They try to escape, but they are trapped in the Overworld.

After trapping Mr. Anarchy, the evil master griefer who's been tormenting them, Lily, Simon, and Michael can finally concentrate on trying to escape the Overworld and getting to know their new friends on the server. So when one of their friends invites them along on a treasure hunt, they couldn't be more thrilled! But when the gang's absence from Lisimi Village gives Mr. Anarchy a chance to escape, their hunt for treasure is cut short and Lily, Simon, and Michael must make a hard decision.

Lily, Simon, and Michael are still trapped in their Minecraft game, but with new friends and a better understanding of their arch enemy, Mr. Anarchy, they're getting closer to finding a way home. But before they can fight the evil griefer and escape the game, the friends need to replenish their resources - and that means trekking deeper into the Overworld. When their mining party is attacked and hostile mobs reveal surprising new powers, it looks like the end for the trio - and for all their friends in town.

The internationally acclaimed and nationally bestselling author of Brightly Shining returns with a trio of tender, powerful stories of courage and overcoming adversity. Ingvild Rishøi is one of Scandinavia’s most revered literary voices, winner of the Dobloug Prize from the Swedish Academy...

Twice-orphaned Sylvi has chipped out a niche for herself on Layce, an island cursed by eternal winter. Alone in her truck, she takes comfort in two things: the solitude of the roads and the favor of Winter, an icy spirit who has protected her since she was a child.

Some rules are meant to save you. Others are built to trap you.Father Thomas Davies hides behind the rigid protocols of his collar. Exiled to a failing parish in the remote mountains of Tolland’s Gap, Colorado, he expects a quiet, bureaucratic end to his career. Instead, he finds an impossible, terrifying order.Inside the cavernous sanctuary of St. Jude’s, the children's play area is rearranging itself. Heavy theology texts and brightly painted wooden toys are stacking themselves into flawless, gravity-defying towers.It isn't a demon. It’s an echo. It is the ghost of an eight-year-old...

An atmospheric coming-of-age story about a young man's transformative year on his family’s struggling Icelandic cattle farm as he falls in love, discovers the purpose he’s been missing, and seeks to connect with his stoic father, who remains haunted by a tragic past. Growing up on his...

From Lisa Ann Verge, RITA-nominated author of romantic, adventurous, historical novels "An absorbing, exciting romantic adventure!" --RT Book Reviews "Lisa Ann Verge breathes fresh life into the romance genre." -- Affaire de Coeur Struggling to survive on the streets of Paris, Genevieve agrees to a dangerous masquerade: She switches places with a King’s Girl, a young noblewoman about to be shipped to the colonies. It’s a risky venture with a high price—once overseas, Genny must marry a stranger....

She wants no husband. He wants no wife. Jailed for crimes unbecoming a lady, Marie yearns for liberty even as she refuses the one choice that will set her free: An arranged marriage with a frontier stranger. Then a brawny ex-soldier offers a more dangerous proposal. Spend one winter as his wife in name only, and come spring he will set her free…

A savage storm. A desperate bargain. The love that sparked a legend. In the grip of a merciless winter, survival leaves no room for mercy. Daniel Morgan, a pragmatic wagon scout leading his family west, knows that every choice must be measured against hunger, cold, and the miles still ahead. When his party, lost and starving in a blinding blizzard, comes upon the wreckage of another wagon, they expect to find only death. Instead, they find Johanna. Hardened by loss and fiercely self-reliant, Johanna is no damsel in distress. She meets Daniel’s offer of help with the barrel of a rifle and ...

A runaway wife. A dangerous stranger. Cecile Tremblay vows she’ll never be a victim again. The twenty-four-year-old King’s Girl escapes a dangerous situation—by committing a hanging offense, according the frontier laws of rough-and-tumble Montreal. Determined to avoid the noose, Cecile decides to secure sanctuary by joining a convent—until a burly, broad-muscled stonemason strides into her life and turns it upside down….

FREE for Kindle Unlimited members! From the author of "Joyful Trouble", No.1 Bestseller Children's Historical Fiction, No.1 Most Gifted Young Adult and Top reviewed Kindle Storyteller book. Is your child afraid of strange noises and dark places? Then this is the best read for your little one. Little Tail might be a small dog by size, but he's a brave little dog. What else has he discovered up North? Friend or foe? He soon learns that it is better to listen when being spoken to – even if a tiny bird addresses you. This is Book 8 in the Happy Friends Series. Book 9 in Happy Friends Series: ...

Setting out on foot with nothing more than some soon-to-be worthless cash and a little advice from a trusted teacher, Alex, Quinn, Josh, Cooper, and Dara walk through a burning city that has come to a halt. The devastation they see as they make their way out of the city is a small part of the horror that the nation will become. As the days go by with no food deliveries and no water flowing from taps, civilization will start to crumble and it will be survival of the fittest.

Trapped. Buried. Running out of time. When aspiring photographer Maya hikes into the Rockies for the perfect shot, she expects a challenge—steep trails, unpredictable weather. What she doesn’t expect is to be sealed inside an abandoned Cold War bunker after a sudden avalanche. Her only company is Eli, a mysterious hiker with his own reasons for being in the mountains. Cut off from the world, their oxygen supply dwindling, and the temperature plummeting, the two strangers must rely on each other to survive. But the longer they’re trapped, the more the air thins—and the more secrets ...

In the freezing heart of a Chicago winter, Rita Novak has nothing left. Eight months on the street have stripped away everything she once was—her job, her apartment, her hope. Then one desperate night, she finds Lucky, a tiny puppy hours from freezing to death. Rita can barely keep herself alive. But something in the puppy's trusting eyes awakens a part of her she thought was dead forever—the part that cares, that fights, that refuses to give up. She tucks the shivering pup inside her coat and makes a choice: they'll survive this together or not at all. What Rita doesn't expect is how ...