Relates the tale of Rumpelstiltskin's childhood and youth, explaining why his name is so important, how he is able to spin straw into gold, and why a first-born child is his reward for helping the miller's daughter-turned-queen.

Years ago a young woman introduced a man to the gospel, and he introduced her to the beauty of photography and the wonder of the world. Now the older man's kindness and strength may save her family from dissolution and her life from one without love.

Frances "Fizzy" Fitz is a turn-of-the-century New Yorker who longs to trade her high-society life for adventure in the wilds of Alaska. To get there, however, she needs the help of charming con artist P.T. Madison, who nearly turns the adventure into a complete disaster.

Hoping to escape the attention brought on by the accident that flattened Stanley, the Lambchop family drives to South Dakota, where they become involved in a wild west adventure at Mount Rushmore.

Matt Coburn faces a nearly impossible task when he seeks to establish law and order in Confusion, a Western town full of tough gunmen and outlaws.

On his way to Australia, frontier opportunist Jason McCullough stumbles into a small gold-rush town and decides to earn a little extra pocket money by accepting a temporary assignment as their sheriff. Happily applying himself to his new position, McCullough manages to turn the town derelict into his deputy, outsmart the dreaded Danby clan, and fend off the lusty advances of the mayor's daughter, all without breaking a sweat or dirtying his shiny...

""If you are an adventuresome young woman of high moral character and fine health, are you willing to travel to California in search of a good husband?" It's February, 1852, and all around Chicago, Maggie sees the postings soliciting "eligible women" to travel to the gold mines of Goosetown. A young seamstress with a small daughter and several painful secrets, she has nothing to lose. So she joins forty-three other women and two pious reverends on...