Best Selling Books by Ann Howard

After riding the rollercoaster to phenomenal success never seen before in the music industry, The Beatles world suddenly changed in the fall of 1966. Their most popular bass player and songwriter, Paul McCartney, was missing for five days in early November. When his band mates were told Paul died in a car accident, John Lennon knew there was more to the untold story. Behind the scene of Beatlemania, Paul lived a private and mysterious life that led to his death. Now his best mates are left to search for the truth that forever changed their lives and the lives of all who knew him. Was his death a car accident or a homicide? What really happened to Beatle James Paul McCartney, M.B.E? Paul''s light shone on all that knew him. Now we are left to carry his torch and shine his light on the truth once again so the Shadow of Paul can rest in peace.

In 1937 on a tobacco farm on the banks of the Ohio River, Adah Branch is forced to make hard decisions and take action, to save herself from her husband Lester and then her stepdaughter from his family.

Kristina Lansing is a Harvard educated MBA employed as an executive for the Boston Bobcats, a professional baseball team. As the lone woman in management working at Arborway Park, she struggles to prove herself daily, even though - or maybe because - her family owns the team. To complicate matters, she becomes involved with their "ace" pitcher due to become a free agent at the end of the season. Shareholders, the media, other players and rumors of trades produce an atmosphere where business, sports, romance and family collide in a quagmire of corporate in-fighting. Can Kristina find the skills to succeed? Or will be succumb to the many emotions she feels as a woman?

The story of an unlikely friendship, life on the frontier and how the protagonist, Wren, deals with complex issues and ultimately a crucial decision. Set in late 19th century Colorado, Water At the Blue Earth includes a little known yet very interesting chapter of Colorado''s history.