Books with title A Boat to Nowhere

A lovers’ quarrel. A wild mustang. A card game gone bad. These are only some of the complications which threaten to derail a young couple’s plan for independence. In this sequel to Trains to Concordia, Charley O’Brien and Christina Batachi pursue their dream of becoming landowners in the summer of 1900 by stowing away in a boxcar heading West. Charley’s sister, Jennie, struggles to break free from the social confines of the period after she experiences the blush of first love and discovers the possibility that women can be a force for political change. Nine-year-old Lucy McCleery arrives by orphan train with a secret which threatens her finding a permanent placement. A Train to Nowhere explores the fragile nature of living in a period of rugged individualism and westward expansion on the edge of twentieth-century America.

A world no one would believe.From the moment Lyris is treated to coffee by a beautiful stranger, she has no idea that her life is about to change forever. In her enthusiasm to start at a new school with a new boyfriend, Lyris is almost able to look past his oddities.Almost.The way he eyes up her striking red hair.The way he loves that she’s seventeen. “The perfect age.”And the way he’s gone from all but begging to show her a specific room in a specific house to making her swear never to even think about it again.When Lyris doesn't take his strange warnings seriously, she finds that nothing could have prepared her for what lay behind that door.Suddenly, Lyris finds herself in a world no one would believe. A world where she’s only a few inches tall and giants aren’t creatures from fairy tales. Where humans are no longer the dominant race, but pets auctioned off to the highest bidder. Lyris understands the true danger of such a place, but there seems to be one person on her side.Her kind and surprised captor.And while Brindt appears to be sweet and trustworthy, he also straddles the line between seeing her as an equal and a cute animal.Lyris has to get home… before the one person can turn to becomes the one person who can’t let her go.To Nowhere is a YA dystopian novel that forces readers to ask what gives one person the right to keep another. Author C.E. Wilson has watched every episode of The Twilight Zone and it shows in her writing.Buy To Nowhere today to read a dystopian where the one person you need to trust may be the one who can't let you go.

A family saga with romance at the heart.David Keldas has been living a lie, and after the reading of a will, he knows his life must change. But tragedy strikes and the bond with a young girl puts brother against brother and father against son. In desperation he looks to the Wasdale hills to give him strength, but under their shadow another danger lurks, one that will change his life irreparably.Can David really allow his future to be shaped by what’s written on paper?This book can also be bought here on Amazon in paperback.

From the moment Lyris is treated to coffee by a beautiful stranger, she has no idea that her life is about to change forever. In her enthusiasm to start at a new school with a new boyfriend, Lyris is almost able to look past his oddities. Almost. The way he eyes up her striking red hair. The way he loves that she’s seventeen. “The perfect age.” And the way he’s gone from all but begging to show her a specific room in a specific house to making her swear never to even think about it again. When Lyris doesn't take his strange warnings seriously, she finds that nothing could have prepared her for what lay behind that door. Suddenly, Lyris finds herself in a world no one would believe. A world where she’s only a few inches tall and giants aren’t creatures from fairy tales. Where humans are no longer the dominant race, but pets auctioned off to the highest bidder. Lyris understands the true danger of such a place, but there seems to be one person on her side – her kind and surprised captor. And while Brindt appears to be sweet and trustworthy, he also straddles the line between seeing her as an equal and a cute animal. Lyris has to get home… before the one person can turn to becomes the one person who can’t let her go.