Susan Marlow
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Ocean Of No Escape
$8.99Add to cartIs escape even possible when you’ve been shanghaied?
Jem Coulter, his family, and Strike-It-Rich Sam journey to San Francisco with the newfound gold to see if surgery can fix Nathan’s broken legs. The uncertainty of Nathan’s recovery leaves Jem bored and worried, so he heads how to the waterfront to explore. The merchant ships look exciting–where could they be sailing?
A sailor’s invitation turns into an unexpected kidnapping that forces Jem into the life of a cabin boy. Forced to eat awful food and filled with a fear he’ll never see his family again, Jem wonders if he can escape by jumping ship. Join Jem on the deck as he navigates the rough seas.
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Valley Of Treasure
$8.99Add to cartThe hunt for the lost gold is on!
Jem Coulter and his friends celebrate the end of the Civil War in their town with firecrackers, parades, and anticipation for a bear-and-bull fight. But chaos ensues when a bull breaks loose, causing wood splinters and fence posts to rain down and break his cousin Nathan’s legs. With the Coulter family unable to afford a San Francisco surgeon, the family and their friend Strike-It-Rich Sam devise a plan to raise money. Jem, his sister Ellie, and Strike embark on a quest to recover lost gold. Will they find their treasure in the valley, or will they have to strike more gold in order to help Nathan?
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Stranger In The Glade
$12.99Add to cartAndi and Riley are together at last–but the adventures don’t stop in their happily-ever-after
Everyone’s favorite frontier heroine, Andi Carter, is back! Only she’s Andrea Prescott now, and she and her husband, Riley, are starting their lives together. And a new addition to the family joins the couple in Stranger in the Glade. How will they fare as new parents when old friends and enemies reenter their lives–and bring chaos along for the ride?
Always high on action and danger, Susan Marlow’s beloved Circle C adventures continue to grow in these new short story collections that fans can’t wait to pick up.
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Yosemite At Last
$12.99Add to cartAndi and Riley are together at last-but the adventures don’t stop in their happily-ever-after
Everyone’s favorite frontier heroine, Andi Carter, is back! Only she’s Andrea Prescott now, and she and her husband, Riley, are starting their lives together.
From their honeymoon in Yosemite–and the holdup that happens on their way–to the corners of their new home on Memory Creek ranch, just down the road from Circle C, Andi and Riley’s first year of marriage is full of excitement in Yosemite at Last.
Always high on action and danger, Susan Marlow’s beloved Circle C adventures continue to grow in these new short story collections that fans can’t wait to pick up.
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Jems Wild Winter
$5.99Add to cartWinter in Goldtown, California, is rarely harsh. But this year snow covers the whole area. No one can get out to pan for gold in the icy creek for weeks on end. Then the weather turns warmer and flooding threatens to wash away the town’s tents–including the Coulters’ tent!
There’s never been a winter like this in all Jem’s eight years. After the flooding, a new storm dumps two feet of snow on Goldtown, and it doesn’t look like it’s going to melt any time soon. That means all the wild critters are coming down to the low country looking for food to stay alive. It isn’t all bad, though–animals mean Pa can put out a trapline to make some money for the family.
Jem goes along to help with the traps. But a sudden storm leaves them both stranded in the wilderness. What if they can’t make it out of the mountains and back home in time?
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Jem And The Golden Reward
$5.99Add to cartNo one really knows where Jem’s beloved dog, Nugget, came from when Strike-it-rich Sam found him. Jem doesn’t care; he just knows he loves his pup. But now “missing dog” posters are going up around town–and the dog looks just like Nugget!
It turns out the pooch is a golden retriever, a brand-new breed that’s very rare. A rich man from Scotland was visiting San Francisco when one of his dogs was lost in the mountains above Goldtown. There’s a reward for the dog’s return–and mean Will Sterling wants the money.
Jem is desperate to keep his furry best friend, and he’s sure Nugget wants to stay with him too. But when he tries to hide out in the woods, he has no idea of the danger that awaits them. . . .
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Jems Frog Fiasco
$5.99Add to cartIn Jem’s Frog Fiasco, Jem needs to buy food for his dog, Gold Nugget. But try as he may, his panning just never leads to gold. When he asks for a job, Mr. Sims, the cafe owner, sends him out to catch bullfrogs for the menu. Money and frog catching—what a great solution for this active boy! But Nugget and Jem’s little sister Ellie get in the way and ruin his plans. When he argues with Ellie, she stomps off in a huff, and Jem can get back to work. He heads home with a bucket full of frogs and the knowledge that he’ll have plenty of cash for Nugget’s food.
There’s just one big problem—no one knows where Ellie has gone—she’s disappeared! Search parties go out, but no matter where they look, there’s no sign of her. And Jem knows that it’s his fault for yelling at her. Can be find Ellie before it’s too late?
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Jem Strikes Gold
$5.99Add to cartIn Jem Strikes Gold, 7-year-old Jem Coulter’s family is trying to make a go of it in Goldtown, with Pa panning for gold and Mama baking pies and washing laundry to make ends meet. Jem and his little sister Ellie do everything they can to help out. But it’s hard to help when Will Sterling, a rich boy with a mean streak, picks on Jem every time he runs errands for Mama. When Will’s antics end up ruining the pies, Jem’s had enough. No pies means no money for the whole family! How can he get Will to stop?
When Strike-It-Rich Sam, Jem’s prospector friend, shows up with a scrawny dog, Jem might have an answer to the bully problem. The brave pup can protect them—if only Jem can convince his parents that another mouth to feed is a good idea.
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Courageous Love : An Andrea Carter Book
$12.99Add to cartAndrea Carter is finally pulling her own weight on the Circle C Ranch she loves. The only thing she loves more than helping to run the ranch is spending time racing and stunt-riding on her horse Shasta, with the help of wrangler Riley Prescott. Little does she know that when she and Riley stumble onto a mysterious cut in the fence around her brother’s prize calves, life is about to get far more exciting–and dangerous.
A cryptic warning tied around a brick crashes through the window at a family party. Then cattle begin to die. When the horse barn catches fire, Andi knows this is more than just coincidence. But who is trying to hurt her family–and why? Evidence begins to point to criminals from her brother Justin’s past who want revenge. But that discovery may be too late to keep Andi and her brother’s family out of danger.
Now Riley is her only hope of rescue. Can he find her before she disappears from the Circle C forever? Can she keep everyone else safe until then?
The fourth volume in the Circle C Milestones quartet, Courageous Love is high on action, danger, and drama, and full of appealing characters readers love. Andi’s final adventure, sparked with a little romance, is sure to please Marlow’s legions of loyal readers who want a happy ending for this frontier heroine.
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Last Ride : An Andrea Carter Book
$12.99Add to cartAndi?s newest adventure may be more than she can handle–even with her family’s help
Andrea Carter is turning sweet 16 and life could not be better. She’s about to finish school, her sister Melinda is getting married, and her older brother Justin has a new baby to spoil. There will be plenty of time to work with the colt of her treasured palomino horse, Taffy, and best of all, Andi will finally get to work full-time for the ranch she loves.
There’s just one problem: a city-slicker cousin named Daniel. Left there by his father, with a cryptic warning that New York City life has done damage to the young man’s character, Daniel wants nothing to do with the ranch. He ignores Andi’s lessons, walks away from responsibility, wrecks valuable equipment, and even runs away to San Francisco.
The Carter family is in a frenzy trying to keep Daniel under control. When Andi discovers a horrifying secret about him, he forces her to stay silent. But all that changes when Daniel’s actions put lives in danger. Andi?s anger over her loss threatens to destroy not only Andi but her entire Circle C world. Can anyone break through the wall around Andi?s bitter heart and help her find healing?
Loyal long-time readers of Susan Marlow’s historical fiction will line up for an older Andi’s newest adventure, and her discovery of how powerful love can be.
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Heartbreak Trail : An Andrea Carter Book
$12.99Add to cartThe second in the Circle C Milestones series
Andrea Carter can ride, rope, and cut out cattle with the best of her brothers’ ranch hands. Yet, her mother has always held the family’s youngest daughter back from fully participating in ranch activities.
With the approach of her fifteenth birthday, even the ranch boss, big brother Chad, can’t deny that his baby sister is better at ranch skills than some of his cowhands. When Andi announces that her quinceaera birthday wish is to join the upcoming cattle drive, her family is stunned. But after further discussion and multiple newspaper clippings about spirited women who balked at society’s expectations, even Mother agrees that the only way to get this cattle-drive notion out of Andi’s head is by letting her and her cousin Levi go along as Cook’s helpers. Andi is elated. What can go wrong on a two-week drive to Los Angeles?
Andi quickly discovers that a cattle drive is a dirty, dangerous business with little sleep and the same food day after day. Between late nights, dust, mosquitos, and an abrasive cowhand trying to win Andi’s attention, it is definitely not a holiday. Andi grimly determines she will stick it out. When a river crossing goes wrong and Chad is shot in a gunfight with suspicious men who have been shadowing the herd, Mitch the trail boss finds himself dangerously shorthanded. Andi and Levi can no longer just give Cook a hand. It’s time to pitch in and help Mitch get their cattle to market–any way they can.
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Thick As Thieves
$12.99Add to cartGirls will love Andrea’s new adventures in Circle C Milestones, the continuation of Susan K. Marlow’s two popular Circle C series
It’s no secret that Andrea Carter would rather ride her beloved palomino, Taffy, than do anything else. Now Taffy’s having her first foal, and Andi can’t wait to train it to become as good a companion as its mother. The only distraction from those delightful plans is the fear that something may go wrong. When her foaling fears are realized, Andi is grateful for her brother Chad’s intervention. It looks like smooth sailing from now on!
Unfortunately, life as a teenager might not be all fun and games after all. There’s a new girl at school assigned to sit beside Andi-but Macy Walker is nothing like the other girls. She’s homeless and ill-bred, and her mistakes do more than make Andi uncomfortable; they put her life in danger. Meanwhile, cattle rustlers have suddenly descended on the Valley and the Circle C ranch is a target. These outlaws mean business-and their business is theft.
When the thieves change from stealing cattle to stealing horses, it means heartbreaking loss for Andi. Her unpleasant classmate Macy may hold the key to getting Taffy’s foal back. Can Andi trust Macy to do the right thing? Does she have a choice?
Picking up the story line of Andrea Carter and the Price of Truth, Thick as Thieves sees Andi growing up just in time for her loyal readers to grow alongside her. The Circle C Milestones series will follow Andi from age 14 to 17, as she begins to tackle the more serious issues facing an older audience and-eventually-discovers love.
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Andis Circle C Christmas
$6.50Add to cartWritten for reading level 2.0-2.8, the Circle C Beginnings series combines fun illustrations and six-year-old Andi’s signature curiosity. In Andi’s Circle C Christmas, Andi’s fun holiday break is spoiled when a grumpy, bossy visitor arrives. No more running. No catching spiders. No wearing overalls. But just when Andi thinks the fun is lost forever, she learns that she can help this unwelcome guest in a way she never imagined.
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Andis Fair Surprise
$6.50Add to cartExciting adventures for early readers! Written for reading levels 2.0-2.8, the Circle C Beginnings series combines fun illustrations and six-year-old Andi’s signature curiosity. In book three, if Andi can’t take her new foal, Taffy, to the 1874 California State Fair, she doesn’t want to go. But once she’s there, there are so many exciting things to see that she’s glad she came . . . until her big brother tells her she can’t keep the prize she won fair and square!
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Andis Scary School Days
$6.50Add to cartExciting adventures for early readers! Written for reading levels 2.0-2.8, the Circle C Beginnings series combines fun illustrations and six-year-old Andi’s signature curiosity. In book four, Andi didn’t think she was afraid of anything-until now. School means being away from the ranch, away from her family, and away from Taffy. And sitting next to a boy who throws things at her. Having to stand in the corner for something that wasn’t even her fault is the last straw.
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Andis Indian Summer
$6.50Add to cartIn book two of the Circle C Beginnings, Andi’s friend Riley shows her a scary old dime novel that sets Andi’s mind spinning with thoughts of being captured by dangerous Indians. But when she and Riley travel a little too far from the safe surroundings of the Circle C ranch, Andi discovers the truth about the natives living nearby.
Written for reading levels 2.0-2.8, this new story combines fun illustrations and Andi’s signature curiosity to create an enjoyable reading experience that shows both new and old Circle C fans where it all started!