Novedades

Helen Barnwell never considered herself a great matrimonial catch. Next to her sister she feels plain, but she’s satisfied with the looks God gave her. She chooses to be content with her quiet life of books about animals in exotic places. With her studies and the demanding care of her older parents, there’s no room for a husband in her life. When her sister, Margaret, hatches a plan to use their meager inheritance and travel to Tarpon Springs, Florida, Helen agrees. Margaret wants to snag a wealthy husband, but Helen has different ideas for the holiday. She’s not looking to fall in ...

Victoria Beatty is a poised, obedient heiress who was raised to always honor God’s law and remain in control of her emotions, unlike her mother who abandoned her family when Victoria was young. Even though Victoria dreams of having a husband and family of her own, she strives to please her father in every way – until she falls for a fortune hunter and her father sends her away to avoid the embarrassment she’s brought to the family. During the journey out west, her train is attacked by outlaws and Victoria is kidnapped! She knows her reputation is in tatters and her father will be ...

Rose Hawthorne’s world is turned upside after her father’s death. Her brother ran the company into the ground, he gambled away their inheritance, and now he’s lost their home. He’s decided to seek his fortune in Colorado by buying a goldmine and striking it rich. As Rose’s guardian, he orders her to go with him, and she has to obey him until she’s married. She doesn’t want to abandon her life in Boston but her brother leaves her no choice. The two gather the last of their possessions and travel to the tiny mining camp of Manhattan, Colorado, nestled forty-five miles west of ...

In the book of 2nd Kings, Chapter 20 in the Bible, we're told of a King Hezekiah of Judah, who had fallen gravely ill. The king prays for God to heal him or remember his works for the Lord, and God sends his prophet Isaiah to tell him that he will extend his life by fifteen years. When the king asks what sign shall he look for that what the prophet says is true, Isaiah tells him that the shadow on the sun dial will retreat ten degrees backwards. This is a record of events from that day.

Gifted with the ability to time-cross between Victorian-era London and World War II Washington, DC, Kathryn faces two lives fraught with danger. In 1938 amid the looming shadow of war, Kathryn is invited to the London Museum as a guest curator to create a groundbreaking exhibit on Jack the Ripper and his reign of terror. As she delves into her grim research, she uncovers a chilling truth: Her own sister is destined to become the Ripper's final victim decades earlier.

In 1888 Mary Edwards Gerritse is a witty and confident young woman who spends as much time as possible outdoors on the rugged Oregon coast where she and her husband, John, have settled. The two are a formidable pair who are working hard to prove their homesteading claim and build a family. But as Mary faces struggles of young motherhood and questions about her family of origin, she realizes that life is far from the adventure she imagined it would be.

His job was to kill a carpenter from Nazareth. How hard could that be? Janus is ruthless. Esther, vulnerable. Caiaphas, devious. Judas, disillusioned. And the rest have no idea what's coming. The final days of the life of Jesus Christ are the most momentous in human history. This fast-paced novel explores those days through the eyes of those who both loved and opposed the mission of Jesus Christ. What was that mission? Who was that man? Was he trying to show us a different way to live with each other, or was he about to pull off the greatest coup in history?

After a decade away, Parker Bennett returns home with a traveling troupe to perform a play based on Uncle Tom's Cabin at the Kalispell Opera House. Parker has relished his life on the road, but being home awakens long-buried emotions when he encounters his first love, Johanna St. John. He can't help but wonder if there might still be a place for him in her heart.

After her brother's entanglement with an Irish gang threatens their family's safety, Alannah Darragh flees St. Louis and her troubled past, seeking refuge as a maid for the affluent Shanahan family. Alannah's resolve to avoid romance is tested by the undeniable attraction she feels for Kiernan Shanahan. Determined to maintain her position and the safety it provides, she vows to resist the pull of her heart despite the growing bond between them and their undeniable chemistry.

When war threatened Europe, my parents sent me from our vineyard in France to safety in America, where I found a new life, with friends who become family. But even in a land untouched by the bombs, the shadows of war loomed over my heart. As secrets from my past emerge and the world around me is torn apart, I must confront the grief of loss, the weight of duty, and the delicate balance between love and loyalty.

In the midst of a fierce storm, a carriage carrying Sir John Mayfield, Lady Marianna Mayfield, and her lady's companion careens off a narrow cliff road, changing their fates forever. When the wreckage is found, Sir John is gravely injured, and a woman is discovered unconscious wearing a valuable ring. As the woman regains consciousness in a strange house, she grapples with fragmented memories of the accident, unsettling dreams of a child in peril, and a deep mystery tied to the ring on her finger.

DID YOU KNOW. . . In 1938 a country bumpkin named Huey House played a fast one on the IRS. When Huey learned that churches do not pay income taxes, he informed the IRS that he was a church. To his utter surprise, Huey got a letter from the IRS with the grim news that they would be making a visit to his church. Huey quickly got to work establishing the Little Rickety Church of Madison Creek. The scam would have far deeper implications than just a tax audit. Huey’s church would pull races together, cause many to question what they really believed and challenge everyone to radically live ...

After the trauma of my family’s abandonment and the forced adoption of my baby, I find solace in New York City, living in a fine apartment, thanks to my benefactor, Percival Bancroft. He asks for nothing in return except for one thing—dinner once a week. All would be well if it weren’t for my growing feelings for the kind man who rescued me from a life on the streets. He is not mine to love, as he belongs to another.

Jason bar Micaiah is just sixteen years old. His father, an insurrectionist, has been killed; his mother is missing. Given the choice of death, slavery, or becoming the son of a Roman centurion—he chooses adoption. Though he despises his new identity, his secret goal is to use it to his advantage—to continue his father’s fight against Roman tyranny. Jason's life becomes an exciting, dangerous, and soul-searching adventure that ultimately leads to the true meaning of Redemption’s Promise.

Julia Brown changes her name and escapes unfounded medical malpractice claims. Josiah hides in a small town in Iowa with his daughter, trying to escape the abuse of his wife and her mother. A local commune offers them the chance to hide in plain sight as husband and wife. But will they be willing to settle for a loveless marriage? Can they fool the residents with their subterfuge? Or will their pasts catch up with them?

What is the price of loyalty and to whom do you give it when you are caught in the middle? Adelle Chaboillier and Reynard DuPree struggle to find the answer in Once Upon a River. In 1747 a Wendat chief living near Sandusky, Ohio plots his revenge against the French in Fort Pontchartrain with the help of British traders. Secret war councils breed passions that erupt prematurely, and Adelle Chaboillier, the young daughter of a French trader, finds herself hurled into the turbulent politics and prejudices of the time. Reynard DuPree, the son of a Wendat chief, is forced to choose between the ...

An addition to the lighthouse keeper’s quarters in 1929 turns Kettie Gaskill’s world out of kilter when handsome carpenter Drey Parker makes a crashing appearance onto Ocracoke Island. A temporary co-teaching assignment keeps her best friend Mirabel from non-stop flirting, but circumstances deliver a new replacement assistant, giving Kettie one too many suitors for such a small island. When the Black Tuesday stock market crash chases a spreading influenza epidemic on the mainland, a winnowed heartache follows. With a wedding set for Christmas Day, which suitor will meet Kettie at the ...

With her father dead, her fortune stolen, and her fiancé casting her aside, Miss Drusilla Merriweather's privileged life has been upended. She is left with only one option: to provide for her family by opening a finishing school in the allegedly haunted castle she's inherited from her eccentric aunt. However, her plan is immediately threatened by unscrupulous developers keen on claiming the coveted estate for themselves, by any means necessary.

At twenty-two, Elena Bradford has never met a man who made her consider marriage. But when her father dies and leaves the family deeply in debt, Elena becomes their only hope. Her mother uses their last funds to take Elena and her younger sister to Graham Springs, Kentucky, where people find healing by drinking the mineral spring water and healthy recreation through the many daily activities--including dances almost every evening.

Torn from home in a savage attack by Barbary Coast Pirates on an Irish fishing village, three surviving family members are sold into the horrors of North African slavery. At a time when human lives were expendable, death appears to be their only release.