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The land of Waugansuksi in the late 1800s stretches along the furthest northeast coastline of Lake Michigan. It is a conglomeration of towns, small villages, and an incredible wilderness. The people, too, are a combination. These are the Odawas and the European Americans making inroads onto Native land. Monsters, human and otherwise, share the land with them. There is little enough American law in this remote area of Northern Michigan. What there is cannot cope with what they cannot see. The... more info>>
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Inspired by a true story. If your husband left to help a friend and didn't return, only to be declared dead a few weeks later, would you have the strength to carry on? Elijah Sawyer disappears in 1922 leaving his wife, Martha, to scratch out a living with their two daughters and a bit of flat land on Yellow Mountain in the hills of Kentucky. Martha's world is shattered, but she is a strong southern woman with children to raise. She must endure. Her strength is tested over and over again, and al... more info>>
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Lea Attwood, foreign correspondent, is again plunged into adventure during WWI in Arabia, where she is seeking news of her husband Michael, a British undercover agent. In Cairo's melting pot of spies and allied troops, she encounters deception and a deadly enemy who will use her to trap her husband and leave her to die in the terrible heat of the desert. Historical Romantic Adventure by Frances Burke; originally published by Robert Hale Ltd. [UK]
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The princess is determined to discover the name of the man in the tower. She climbs up the ivy into the tower to find out who he is, but does not realize this folly could cost her life. How could one rose make a difference to the question of love?
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Living history through the eyes of a young German Girl Although fiction, Helga's Story is based on recollections of the real Helga, who barely survived the near total destruction of her native Germany. Like many little girls, Helga Reiter dreams of horses. More than anything, the six-year-old wants to learn to ride and become a great equestrian. But in 1941 the world is at war. Having overrun much Europe and North Africa, Germany's glorious military cannot spare horses for frivolous childhoo... more info>>
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It was November 1863, and Captain David Reynolds of the Seventeenth Pennsylvania Cavalry was fully prepared to die. Someone had once told him that dying was quite painless. He didn't believe it, though he secretly hoped it was true as he and his men prepared to ride into chaos and horror. The battle of Mine Run had begun. Jennifer Winston could hear the booming sounds of cannon fire miles away from her Virginia home. She knew that the war had begun two years ago but had been insulated from it a... more info>>
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Gonzalo --shipwrecked in a violent storm in 1511, he finds himself cast away on an unknown shore in the New World. A fierce tribe enslaves him and the other Spaniards in his small party. With little hope for escape, this brilliant and pragmatic adventurer searches for a way to advance in a strange new culture. Ix Zazil --the spirited and independent daughter of a powerful chieftain, she finds herself surprisingly drawn to the strange foreigner who has been thrust into her life from another world... more info>>
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A journey across the sea begins a journey of healing for a young woman's soul and a discovery of love and faith she thought she'd never find. When a Yankee-induced fire destroys her family and her home, young plantation-bred Amethyst Rose finds herself on the run. Angry towards God and the men in blue, Amethyst's only choice left is to move in with her elder and controlling sister, who runs a bordello in The French Quarter of New Orleans-a decision guaranteed to destroy Amethyst's personal r... more info>>
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On a summer day in 1945, Louisa Gordon receives a telegram from the International Red Cross Tracing Service. Her young cousin, Elisabeth, has just been released from Dachau, a concentration camp, and Louisa is her only remaining relative. Determined to go to war-torn Germany to retrieve her cousin, Louisa is also on a mission to discover the whereabouts of Friedrich Mueller, a Nazi sympathizer who fled Copper Springs, Arizona. What Louisa never expected was to meet the man she had once loved. ... more info>>
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Scarab -- Smenkhkare follows on from the first book in this series as King Akhenaten, distraught at the rebellion and exile of his beloved wife Nefertiti, withdraws from public life, content to leave the affairs of Egypt in the hands of his younger half-brother Smenkhkare. When Smenkhkare disappears on a hunting expedition, his sister Beketaten, known as Scarab, is forced to flee for her life. Finding refuge among her mother's people, the Khabiru, Scarab has resigned herself to a life in exile... more info>>
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The war is not over for Will Flaherty.... While recuperating at his home in North Florida from injuries suffered in World War II, Will is startled when an escaped German prisoner of war, Max Scheffer, unexpectedly shows up on his doorstep. To complicate matters, his sister Carol, a former volunteer at the facility where the German was being held, is involved in a romantic relationship with the escapee. At her urging and to settle an old debt relating to his wartime past, Will relents and pr... more info>>
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With all the recent Japanese quake and tragic tsunami and nuclear problem now in the forefront of the news, and THE CHRYSANTHEMUM THRONE book to movie now in the works this new novel is now more relevant than ever! This rich, superbly written tale is a colorful, dramatic account of the workings and inner sanctum of Japanese life and culture during Emperor Hirohito's reign in The Imperial Court. The story follows the emergence of Japan as a growing super power before and after WW II seen thro... more info>>
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Abby's parents want her to marry a man she's never met. But how can Abby marry someone who's secretly insulted her? The only solution is to make sure he doesn't propose. After all, Abby knows the only sensible match is a love match.
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By Autumn 1899 the coffin has all but closed on the American Wild West. Men once considered the quintessence of the term "desperado" now seek legitimate standing in their respective community. Some even long for redemption. Enter four such men, each legendary in his own right. Elusive desperado Frank James, divisive lawman Virgil Earp, his brother and confidence man James Earp, and notorious assassin of cattle thieves Tom Horn. Authenticated accounts detail a chance encounter wherein these men a... more info>>
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In 1965 Ronnie Preston was drafted by the Sacramento Angels shortly after he graduated from high school. He played for only half a season in the minors for a team called the Wilson Mets, and then was called up to the show at the age of 18, making him the youngest player in all of the major leagues. His powerful arm soon struck fear into the hearts of hitters throughout the league and a legend was born. During his nearly twenty-three year career, Ronnie Preston won an unprecedented seven Cy Y... more info>>
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She vowed to make every revolutionary her mortal enemy, but hers was vow destined to be broken. After bloodthirsty revolutionaries murder her family, Françoise Despres vows to avenge their deaths and fight the violent mob destroying her beloved France by becoming a spy for the counter-revolutionary cause. She knows great success, silently slipping between the shadows to carry secret messages that thwart her foes. But she never expected to come up against Sebastien de Bréze, a daring, clever c... more info>>
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One man's determination to find and kill the man that murdered his younger brother is such that he will go outside the law to get the job done. A father's incautious moment, a trusted friend's indiscretion and a daughter's naïve and foolish mistake set the stage for a peaceful mountain valley to become a battleground. GOLD! The one the magnet that could attract one of the deadliest band of outlaws in the west into Shannon Hill's serene world and turn her young life into a deadly blood feud to av... more info>>
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On the frontier, Adela McGirth's life is simple, rugged, and exactly to her liking. Her greatest concern is whether to marry the settlement's most eligible young officer. When a distant war spills over into a nearby skirmish, life takes a perilous turn. Deep in enemy territory Adela must choose between the man she loves and a baby that has yet to be born; will she be strong enough to wait on God's provision? A peaceful yet loyal Creek Warrior, Nokos is dragged into the inevitable war against the... more info>>
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When Melissa Johnson once again wandered away from the group on her Highland Tour, she had no idea she would stumble into a fierce battle complete with warriors, warhorses and swords. After a harrowing rescue by the most stunning man she's ever met, she comes to the conclusion that she's somehow traveled back in time to the year 1745. How will she ever return to the future and her family? And does she truly want to? Alexander G. MacKenna, the reigning Laird of the Game, is absolutely shocked wh... more info>>
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The slowly starving South, lack of medical supplies, and desperate runaway slaves motivate Charlie and Daniel to take risks beyond their wildest imaginations. How could they possibly know that their paths would cross during the worst time in their lives and where that path would lead?
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The beginning of the thirteenth century is a peaceful time in the Languedoc region of southern France. Poetry and the scent of lavender fill the air; sun dapples the rolling hills of vineyards; and religious tolerance is the norm. But, a holy war is sweeping across France, razing cities and forever destroying the peaceful lives of its "heretics." Sybille d'Astarac, the youngest child of the Toulouse family, is born to pampered luxury. One of a few trobairitz (a female troubadour), her youthful ... more info>>
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What price infamy, in a duel between treason and love? The price of success is treason. Catriona Fraser could ill afford a liaison with Lord Nicholas Burford, her position is too precarious. Should she fail it would forfeit her brother's life. There can be only one winner, but success may prove a failure when tangled with lies and deception and the fear of loving. Mixing the life of the slums and the world of London's rich, A Traitor's Heart is a test for two socially different worlds, and w... more info>>
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There's only one person in town brave enough to step in and take over for the sheriff when he's shot, and that's his wife. Diggett Monroe's gang of outlaws is set to overrun the town of Endurance, Idaho, and claim it for their own. They start by ambushing Sheriff Pelham Birdsall, leaving him for dead, lying in a pool of blood. But Birdsall, thanks to his young wife Delight, doesn't die, and as she strives to get him back on his feet in time for the inevitable, swiftly approaching showdown, mor... more info>>
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Grace Austen is struggling to support her ten-year-old brother and keep up the payments on the family farm during the Depression. When she unwittingly saves the life of the man sent to repossess the farm, she's determined to convince him to change his mind and he's just as determined to let her. Nathaniel Sampson knows he should turn and run the second he realizes where the car accident has left him, but soon, he finds himself drawn to Grace and her precocious brother. Before he even realizes w... more info>>
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Peking, 1900, and a dragon wind of rebellion rages across China, bringing death and destruction to the hated foreign devils. Lea Stafford, a fledgling overseas correspondent, survives a massacre at a mission station only to be trapped by Boxers in the British Legation, along with Michael Attwood, a mysterious adventurer. Finding love almost too late, they must face the screaming hordes attacking the walls of the Tartar City. Historical Romantic Adventure by Frances Burke; originally published by... more info>>
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