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Nine-year-old Ronan O'Mara is forever changed in 1951 after a storyteller arrives at his home and shares his centuries old tradition with Ronan for three nights.

A fictional account of the history of the Caribbean area includes the racial, political, and economic struggles from the arrival of Columbus and Spanish control to present day problems.

An historical saga which chroniles the development of South Africa from a land of desolate beauty in prehistoric times to a modern nation plagued by racial strife.

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The Great Depression has hit West Virginia hard. Men are out of work; women struggle to feed hungry children. Luckily, Nurse Becky Myers has returned to care for them. While she can handle most situations, Becky is still uneasy helping women deliver their babies. For these mothers-to-be, she relies on an experienced midwife, her dear friend Patience Murphy.

Returning to his ruined Virginia home after the Civil War, Nathan Stone is horrified to find his family members murdered and takes a blood oath to track down the seven renegades who are responsible.

Enigmatic, wealthy beyond dreams, and bent on vengeance, Mikhal Khaunari has emerged from a mysterious Asiatic past to take London by storm, and to exact retribution for an appalling crime. Nothing and no one can stop him—except perhaps Lady Sara St. James, whose fragile beauty conceals a gentle heart, genuine goodness, and a soul of steel. First in The Silk Trilogy, Silk and Shadows is followed by Silk and Secrets and Veils of Silk. Both

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One of Wellington's most respected officers, Jack Langdon, Lord Frayne, successfully hides his talent for sorcery from his peers, until a near fatal injury leads him to Abigail Barton, a skilled wizard whose price for saving his life is his hand in marriage.

When he pays a visit to the Earl of Bellefonte, Tremaine St. Michael, an astute man of business, finds himself captivated by the earl's formidable sister, Lady Nita, who he believes needs his protection as she tends to the sick and the poor.

"Ruined by scandal, Georgiana bargains with a duke to regain her place in Society. But their pretend friendship sparks real love, risking reputations, duty, and unexpected happily-ever-afters. Eight months after a stolen kiss ruined her reputation, Miss Georgiana Wood is a recluse, cast out of Society without any hope of ever finding a suitable match. Longing for redemption, she never expects her salvation to arrive in the form of a handsome, temperamental...