Bergren, Lisa Tawn

A little girl and her grandmother find joy and fun in the everyday moments of life.

If you like romance, adventure and a dose of medieval Italian culture, you'll love WATERFALL (book 1), CASCADE (book 2), TORRENT (book 3), as well as the follow-up novellas, BOURNE (book 3.1) and TRIBUTARY (book 3.2). In this volume, both novellas are included. BOURNE, a novella, picks up right where TORRENT left off...Find out what has happened to men returning from the battle, gravely wounded, to the Betarrinis, fighting for the men they love, and just who is hunting them next... TRIBUTARY, a novella, picks up a year after BOURNE... Lia struggles to overcome the fear that constant battle has heaped upon her; Gabi and Marcello face an unexpected crisis; and Lord Greco just may be ready to leave the grief and loss of his past behind him, so that he might grab hold of the future...

The Bettarinis and Forellis have found rich fulfillment together in medieval Italia. But after fighting off countless enemies, they now must face the worst foe of all. As the Black Death closes in upon them, threatening everything and everyone they hold dear, Lia and Gabi?and the knights they love?must dig deep within to decide how they might remain safe?and if they need to risk it all in order to truly live as they?re called.

Little Cub's father explains to her that God created heaven, the most wonderful place, because He loves us and never wants to be far from us.

Little Cub has questions about the new baby that Mama is expecting, but she learns that babies are gifts from God.

The Remnants, followers of the Way, are growing in numbers, threatening Pacifica's plans for domination. That means the Pacifica government is on the warpath against the Remnants, but emperor Keallach finds himself focusing more on finding his brother--and also just thinking about Andriana. Andriana, meanwhile, feels drawn to both Ronan and Keallach, but she doesn't know if she can trust that Keallach really wants to become a Remnant--he may be leading the enemy right to them.

Mama Bear explains to Baby Cub how God gave Christmas to the world.

Andriana, a Remnant charged with helping faithful humans fight against demons, begins her training for a war with evil and falls in love with Ronan, a Knight who is assigned to protect her, sparking a forbidden romance.

Although she has come to terms with her power of empathy, and although she and her knight, Ronan, have admitted their feelings for one another, Andriana still struggles with fear and doubt, especially when Dri is taken prisoner by their mortal and spiritual enemy Sethos and his master, Keallach. While Andriana suspects Keallach could be convinced to return to the Maker's Way, it may already be too late to pull him out of Sethos' darkness.

The year is 2095. Gifted teens known as Remnants have been chosen and trained to act as humanity's last hope to rectify the horrors that are now part of everyday life. But the Sons of Sheol are determined to stop them.