Ellen B.

Acclaimed author Sheila Williams tells the compelling story of a middle-aged woman who is looking for excitement and takes a chance at starting over. The adventures Juanita encounters in her new town, Paper Moon, test her hope and courage and give her a sense of self-confidence that she never had before.

Everyone they love is in the past. The throne is in the future, it demands to be reckoned with. And Kaitlyn and Magnus must protect the son, no matter the cost. Even if it means losing it all.

Magnus and Kaitlyn are trying to heal. To live. To love. But they're entangled in futures and pasts that threaten to pull them apart. "You get scared?" "Aye, sometimes. Mostly for ye. I am scared I winna be able tae keep ye safe." There are vessels that must be secured. A castle with walls that have been breached. A baby about to be born, and a future that demands to be reckoned with. But through it all Magnus loves Kaitlyn and maybe that is enough...

Magnus is forced to travel to an uncertain future, to fight for a throne he doesn't want. And he couldn't bring Kaitlyn because it's too dangerous by far. So, Kaitlyn tries to live on without him. She's 263 years in the past now. Nothing but dust. But there's a time travel vessel that's been lost. And a warrior who needs to be rescued.

My husband pushed back his chair and dropped to his knees in front of me. His head bowed - he spoke in a stream like a prayer. “I die when I am in the past, how dost ye know when tae declare me dead? You could decide it, call me dead, and I canna blame ye for it. Because I am. But I daena want tae be, I want tae live - with ye.” (Magnus 1702) There are things left undone. Magnus must go home and Kaitlyn must go with him. Because it’s not enough for her to guide from afar. He needs her voice in his ear. They know now they are stronger together.

In April 1942, Lale Sokolov, a Slovakian Jew, is forcibly transported to the concentration camps at Auschwitz-Birkenau. When his captors discover that he speaks several languages, he is put to work as a Tätowierer (German for tattooist), tasked with permanently marking his fellow prisoners. Imprisoned for more than two and a half years, Lale witnesses horrific atrocities and barbarism - but also incredible acts of bravery and compassion. Risking his own life, he uses his position to exchange jewels and money from murdered Jews for food to keep his fellow prisoners alive.

Marine veteran John "Preacher" Middleton intimidates just about everyone who walks into his bar. But when an abused young mother comes in, seeking protection from her ex-husband, Preacher promises to become her guardian - and maybe something more.

Enigmatic and sexy, Professor Gabriel Emerson is a well-respected Dante specialist by day, but by night he devotes himself to an uninhibited life of pleasure. He uses his notorious good looks and sophisticated charm to gratify his every whim, but is secretly tortured by his dark past and consumed by the profound belief that he is beyond all hope of redemption. When the sweet and innocent Julia Mitchell enrolls as his graduate student, his attraction and mysterious connection to her not only jeopardizes his career, but sends him on a journey in which his past and his present collide.