Quinton’s story Tina Jackson ends up living in New Orleans with Quinton Lawson and his daughter. Her family back in Atlanta thinks she has been kidnapped because she didn’t show up for her wedding and her apartment looked as if it had been ransacked. Quinton is faced with a dilemma. He is in love with Tina and thinks she is in love with him but finds out she is confusing gratitude for love. He tries to fight his feelings for her, but it is a losing battle. Elston’s story Roxanne Keyes is a prime example of an ugly duckling turning into a swan. She has been deeply hurt by men in the past. And now with a body to die for all she does is use men. At one time Elston Baker was considered the essence of tall and handsome. After an accident, his wife cleans out their joint bank accounts and divorces him. Those incidents caused him to become a very angry and bitter man, especially towards women. Quincy’s story Sharon James goes against her father’s wishes and gets into a world of trouble. A month later he kicks her out of his house and life when he finds out she is pregnant. Quincy Lawson has seen his brother and best friend fall in love in the midst of unusual circumstances, get married, and have children. He feels as if he is missing out on something. He desperately wants the feeling of fatherhood.
Quinn Sinclair was a pretty-boy, successful singer that was also a single father. His wife died and he was left to raise their two young children. After being alone and without for a couple of years, he felt something was missing. When he saw beautiful, sexy, and full-of-attitude Madison Silvers, he knew she was the one. The problem was Maddi felt she didnt deserve him due to the secrets of her past. Throw in her violent ex-husband, murder attempts, and Quinns disapproving mother, the couple would soon find out if they were Waiting To Risk It All for each other. Doctor Alexx Cavanaugh, one of Maddis sister friends, was a Neonatal surgeon and happy with her life. She thought she was content until she met self-made billionaire Matthew McGuire. He asked her to marry him the day he met her! First, he had to convince her he wasnt a nut! He knew what he wanted and went after it. Add kidnapping and lying family members to their story and see if they were Waiting To Risk It All for each other also. The two couples meet danger head on and survive to tell their stories. Will their love survive as well?
Harlequin Romantic Suspense brings you four new titles for one great price, available now! Looking for heart-racing romance and high-stakes suspense? This Harlequin Romantic Suspense bundle includes Operation Unleashed by Justine Davis, Special Ops Rendezvous by Karen Anders, Protecting Her Royal Baby by Beth Cornelison and Lone Star Redemption by Colleen Thompson. Look for 4 new compelling stories every month from Harlequin Romantic Suspense!
Looking for heart-racing romance and breathless suspense? Want stories filled with life-and-death situations that cause sparks to fly between adventurous, strong women and brave, powerful men? Harlequin® Romantic Suspense brings you all that and more with four new full-length titles in one collection! CAVANAUGH IN THE ROUGH Cavanaugh Justice by Marie Ferrarella CSI Susannah Quinn has a secret that’s made her build mile-high walls around her heart. Sexy homicide detective Christian Cavanaugh O’Bannon is determined to climb those walls and, at the same time, bring down the serial killer who is determined to make Suzy his next victim… HER ALPHA MARINE To Protect and Serve by Karen Anders When Neve Michaels is threatened by an international arms dealer out for revenge, she’s set on handling it herself. But her brother’s best friend, Russell Kaczewski, refuses to butt out, and now Neve is stuck with him. As they team up to bring down her enemies, their arguing takes a decidedly sexy turn. And yet they still need to get out with their lives intact. THE KILLER YOU KNOW by Kimberly Van Meter FBI agent Silas Kelly has dedicated his life to finding his brother’s killer, even when it means being forced to team up with ambitious reporter Quinn Jackson. As they close in on the truth, both of them begin to realize the killer might be someone very close, and more than their passionate attraction is at stake! SHIELDED BY THE COWBOY SEAL SOS Agency by Bonnie Vanak Cooper Johnson is on leave at his family’s farm when he’s asked to protect Meg Taylor from her abusive ex-husband. What he doesn’t know is that the woman he’s begininng to fall for is the CEO of the company responsible for his sister’s death. Can they learn to trust each other long enough to bring down the man truly responsible?
With her signature blend of sensual fantasy, thrilling adventure, and breathtaking magic, Karen Marie Moning—the #1 New York Times bestselling author of such novels as Shadowfever and Dreamfever—is the reigning queen of paranormal romance. Now in a convenient eBook bundle, here are the seven novels in her spellbinding Highlander series, featuring passionate love stories with a time-travel twist: Beyond the Highland Mist, To Tame a Highland Warrior, The Highlander’s Touch, Kiss of the Highlander, The Dark Highlander, The Immortal Highlander, and Spell of the Highlander. “Highly original . . . sensual, hard-to-put-down romance. Karen Marie Moning is destined to make her mark on the genre.”—Romantic Times, on Beyond the Highland Mist Beyond the Highland Mist He is known throughout medieval Scotland as Hawk. No woman could refuse his touch, but no woman ever stirred his heart—until Adrienne de Simone tumbles out of modern-day Seattle and into Hawk’s legendary bed. To Tame a Highland Warrior He was born to a clan of Highland warriors of supernatural strength, but Gavrael McIllioch abandoned his name to escape the dark fate of his ancestors. Yet even from afar, he watches over Jillian St. Clair. She is the only woman who can tame the beast within him—even as deadly enemies plot to destroy them both. The Highlander’s Touch A trick of fate has sent Lisa seven hundred years back in time and into Scottish warrior Circenn Brodie’s chamber to tempt him with an all-consuming desire. For this woman he burns to possess is also the woman he has foresworn to destroy. Kiss of the Highlander Enchanted by a powerful spell, Highland laird Drustan MacKeltar has slumbered for nearly five centuries, until an unlikely savior, Gwen Cassidy, awakens him. Bound to Drustan, Gwen is swept back to sixteenth-century Scotland where a warrior with the power to change history will defy time itself for the woman he loves. The Dark Highlander Dageus MacKeltar is a sixteenth-century Scot trapped between worlds, battling with the thirteen Druids who possess his soul. When Chloe Zanders is drawn into his world, she will face the challenge of a lifetime: fighting thirteen evil spirits for the heart of one irresistible man. The Immortal Highlander Adam Black is free to roam across time in pursuit of his insatiable desires, until a curse strips him of his immortality and makes him invisible. The only woman who can see him is Gabrielle O’Callaghan. It is the beginning of a long, dangerous seduction, the price of which could be their very lives. Spell of the Highlander Jessi St. James first sees the gorgeous man staring out at her from the glass of an ancient mirror. Heir to the arcane magic of his Druid ancestors, Cian MacKeltar was trapped centuries ago inside the Dark Glass, and now an enemy will stop at nothing to reclaim it. And Cian will stop at nothing to protect Jessi from a deadly fate. “[Moning’s] storytelling skills are impressive, her voice and pacing dynamic, and her plot as tight as a cask of good Scotch whisky.”—Contra Costa Times, on Kiss of the Highlander Includes a tantalizing excerpt from Karen Marie Moning’s beloved novella Into the Dreaming.
Looking for heart-racing romance and breathless suspense? Want stories filled with life-and-death situations that cause sparks to fly between adventurous, strong women and brave, powerful men? Harlequin® Romantic Suspense brings you all that and more with four new full-length titles for one great price every month! PLAYING WITH FIRE Conard County: The Next Generation by Rachel Lee When Charity Atkins uncovers terrifying evidence of arson at a Conard County ranch, she becomes a target…not only of fire chief Wayne Camden's interest, but of a mysterious arsonist as well, and only Wayne stands between her and death. THE TEMPTATION OF DR. COLTON The Coltons of Oklahoma by Karen Whiddon When a beautiful stranger is run down by a car right in front of him, surgeon Eric Colton rushes to help. Miraculously, she isn't badly hurt—except she has amnesia. Can he keep her safe long enough for her to regain her memory? OPERATION HOMECOMING Cutter's Code by Justine Davis Walker Cole is fi nally home, but not welcome. He can't tell his family where he's been for the past five years, but he can step in to bodyguard his little sister's best friend when she uncovers something illegal at her law firm… ALEC'S ROYAL ASSIGNMENT Man on a Mission by Amelia Autin Agent Alec Jones has no time for romance. Royal bodyguard Angelina Mateja has no room for emotional entanglements, either. When they're forced to work together to investigate government corruption, will they find each other even as the danger escalates? Look for 4 heart-racing new stories every month from Harlequin® Romantic Suspense!
David Boies, the star trial lawyer in a country obsessed with legal drama, proves endlessly fascinating in this compulsively readable account of his extraordinary career.A man of almost superhuman accomplishment, Boies argued a string of headline-making cases before being catapulted to international prominence when he represented Al Gore before the Supreme Court in Bush v. Gore. Brash, reckless, and prideful, he is also charming, charismatic, unerringly articulate in the courtroom, and supremely comfortable in the public eye. Legal journalist Karen Donovan, herself a lawyer, had unprecedented access to Boies for nearly two years. In v. Goliath she gives us a scintillating chronicle of the legal dramas in which Boies has played a crucial role and a riveting, up-close portrait of a singularly gifted lawyer.
Something deadly lurks outside your door . . . First in the Alaska Wild series from the New York Times–bestselling romantic suspense author. Alexandra Collister came to her estranged cousins’ B&B in Falls Lake, Alaska, looking for a fresh start. The surrounding forest can be harsh and unforgiving—luckily, rugged wilderness tracker Quinn Mantell offers to be her guide. Still recovering from a toxic previous relationship, Alex is wary of getting too close, but when savagely deep claw marks appear outside her bedroom window, keeping her distance from Quinn is no longer an option. Then a body turns up exhibiting the same ruthless slash marks, and Alex knows it isn’t a coincidence. Something sinister is lurking in the woods around Falls Lake, turning Alex’s fresh start into a brutal game of survival. The murky veil of forest offers more threats than answers. Can Alex and Quinn find the killer before darkness falls for good? “Karen Harper has absolutely outdone herself with the research necessary to make her latest book Deep in the Alaskan Woods as powerful as it is . . . a wondrous visual experience. Karen Harper invites you to join in Alex’s adventure. Use caution. Dangerous elements abound.” —Fresh Fiction
Love Inspired Historical brings you four new titles for one great price, available now! This Love Inspired Historical box set includes Wagon Train Reunion by Linda Ford, An Unlikely Love by Dorothy Clark, From Boss to Bridegroom by Naomi Rawlings and The Doctor’s Undoing by Allie Pleiter. Look for 4 new inspirational suspense stories every month from Love Inspired Historical!
In this vividly written book, prize-winning author Karen Ordahl Kupperman refocuses our understanding of encounters between English venturers and Algonquians all along the East Coast of North America in the early years of contact and settlement. All parties in these dramas were uncertain--hopeful and fearful--about the opportunity and challenge presented by new realities. Indians and English both believed they could control the developing relationship. Each group was curious about the other, and interpreted through their own standards and traditions. At the same time both came from societies in the process of unsettling change and hoped to derive important lessons by studying a profoundly different culture.These meetings and early relationships are recorded in a wide variety of sources. Native people maintained oral traditions about the encounters, and these were written down by English recorders at the time of contact and since; many are maintained to this day. English venturers, desperate to make readers at home understand how difficult and potentially rewarding their enterprise was, wrote constantly of their own experiences and observations and transmitted native lore. Kupperman analyzes all these sources in order to understand the true nature of these early years, when English venturers were so fearful and dependent on native aid and the shape of the future was uncertain.Building on the research in her highly regarded book Settling with the Indians, Kupperman argues convincingly that we must see both Indians and English as active participants in this unfolding drama.
Focusing on W.B. Yeats's ideal of mutual support between the arts and on the cultural production of the Yeats circle members, Karen Brown explores the artistic relationships and outcome of Yeats's vision in five case studies. In so doing, the author makes use of primary materials and fresh archival evidence, and delves into a variety of media, including embroidery, print, illustration, theatre, costume design, poetry, and painting.
Do you love stories with sexy, romantic heroes who have it all—wealth, status, and incredibly good looks? Harlequin® Desire brings you all this and more with these three new full-length titles in one collection! THE TEN-DAY BABY TAKEOVER Billionaires and Babies by Karen Booth When Sarah Daltry barges into billionaire Aiden Langford's office with his secret baby, he strikes a deal—help him out for ten days as the nanny and he'll help with her new business. Love isn't part of the deal… HIS EX'S WELL-KEPT SECRET Ballantyne Brothers by Joss Wood Their weekend in Milan led to a child, but after an accident, rich jeweler Jaeger Ballantyne can't remember any of it! Now Piper Mills is back in his life, asking for his help, and once again he can't resist her… THE MAGNATE'S MAIL-ORDER BRIDE The McNeill Magnates by Joanne Rock When a Manhattan billionaire sets his sights on ballerina Sofia Koslov for a marriage of convenience to cover up an expensive family scandal, will she gain the freedom she's always craved, or will it cost her everything? Look for Harlequin® Desire's April 2017 Box Set 1 of 2, filled with even more scandalous stories and powerful heroes!
Amethyst, WI is a small, peaceful town on a pristine lake with an active tourist season in summer. When the air turns chill, the area is transformed into a ghost town with only a handful of lifers who stay. Amethyst is bursting with mystery, romance, and jealousy all-year-round. When Quinn Rutledge and Summer Rosales met on a warm summer night on the shores of beautiful Lake Amethyst, they were both young, all was right in the world, and the only thing on their agenda was romance--one that neither of them wanted to end with the summer and closing of resort town Amethyst's tourist season. Promises and plans were made. Promises were broken... Summer was just about to begin law school with her closest friend--her pole opposite who'd dragged her to Amethyst in the first place. Apple Wooten came from a rich family she didn't appreciate and was sliding her way through life, trying to get the most fun she could out of it--including stealing just to see what she could get away with. Summer found herself in the unfortunate position of taking the blame for one of Apple's thefts, and not only spent time in jail but also was the victim of an inmate's wrath that led to the disfigurement of one side of her face before she was acquitted of all charges and allowed to pursue her law degree. Quinn had a lucrative dream career stretching out before him as an author who'd already won numerous accolades despite his youth. Though he'd returned to his livelihood after the summer with the woman he'd fallen so hard for, his heart prevented him from keeping away until they could see each other again the following summer as they planned. When Summer didn't show up, he'd tried to find her and couldn't. Though he should have returned to his writing, he's instead found himself settling in Amethyst, waiting hopefully, and probably foolishly, through endless winters until Summer comes around...
Do you love stories with sexy, romantic heroes who have it all—wealth, status, and incredibly good looks? Harlequin® Desire brings you all this and more with these three new full-length titles in one collection! #2461 FOR BABY'S SAKE by Janice Maynard Billionaires and Babies Lila Baxter is all business. That's why she and easygoing James Kavanagh broke off their relationship. But when she unexpectedly inherits a baby, she'll have to face him again…and he might win it all this time. #2463 PREGNANT BY THE MAVERICK MILLIONAIRE by Joss Wood From Mavericks to Married When former hockey player turned team CEO finds out his fling with a determinedly single matchmaker has led to unexpected consequences, he insists he'll be part of her life from now on…for the baby's sake, of course! #2465 THE CEO DADDY NEXT DOOR by Karen Booth CEO and single father Marcus Chambers will only date women who would be suitable mothers for his young daughter, but when his free-spirited neighbor temporarily moves in after a fire destroys her apartment, he finds himself falling for the worst possible candidate! Look for Harlequin® Desire's August 2016 Box set 2 of 2, filled with even more scandalous stories and powerful heroes!
Looking for heart-racing romance and breathless suspense? Want stories filled with life-and-death situations that cause sparks to fly between adventurous, strong women and brave, powerful men? Harlequin® Romantic Suspense brings you all that and more with four new full-length titles in one collection! KILLER COLTON CHRISTMAS The Coltons of Shadow Creek by Regan Black and Lara Lacombe In these two holiday novellas, the Ortega brothers each find love in Shadow Creek, Texas, amid murder, death threats and computer hacking. Will they finally be able to defeat Livia Colton once and for all? WYOMING UNDERCOVER by Karen Whiddon Private investigator Jack Moreno infiltrates a remote cult to locate his clients’ missing son. There, he finds more than he bargained for when beautiful but naive Sophia Hannah—whose parents are pushing her into an arranged marriage with the cult’s leader—needs saving, too. OPERATION NOTORIOUS Cutter’s Code by Justine Davis Opposites attract when trusting librarian Katie Moore is forced to turn to high-powered defense attorney Gavin de Marco to clear her father of murder charges. Gavin doesn’t trust anyone, but can he manage to open his heart to Katie? BLACK OPS WARRIOR Man on a Mission by Amelia Autin Black ops soldier Niall Jones’s assignment? Prevent Dr. Savannah Whitman from revealing the top secret military defense information she possesses to the enemy…by whatever means necessary. But when Savannah is the one in danger, Niall has to do whatever it takes to protect her and convince her that despite his original assignment, they’re meant to be.
Looking for heart-racing romance and breathless suspense? Want stories filled with life-and-death situations that cause sparks to fly between adventurous, strong women and brave, powerful men? Harlequin® Romantic Suspense brings you all that and more with four new full-length titles in one collection! Runaway Colton by Karen Whiddon The Coltons of Texas After Piper Colton is framed for her adoptive father’s murder, she takes off in an effort to clear her name. Her brother sends bounty hunter Cord Maxwell after her. Their unexpected attract leads them to strike a dangerous bargain that has them both walking a fine line between truth and deception. Operation Soldier Next Door by Justine Davis Cutter’s Code. Former soldier Tate McLaughlin just wants to be left alone and find peace, but Lacey Steele is detemined to bring him into the community fold. When a series of accidents escalate, Tate digs deep into forgotten memories of his time overseas to find the culprit and keep Lacey safe. The Bodyguard’s Bride-to-Be by Amelia Autin Man on a Mission Tahra Edwards saved a schoolyard full of children from a bomb and lost all memory of the past eighteen months of her life—including Captain Marek Zale, who claims to be her fiancé. Now, Marek must save Tahra from the ruthless terrorist organization that wants to silence her. More Than a Lawman by Anna J. Stewart Honor Bound When she’s targeted by a serial killer, Eden St. Claire turns to her brother’s best friend, police detective Cole Delaney, for protection. Cole spent years fighting his feelings for Eden, and this time, with her life on the line and a ticking clock, he must convince Eden he wants far more than friendship.
Between the age of St. Augustine and the sixteenth century reformations magic continued to be both a matter of popular practice and of learned inquiry. This volume deals with its use in such contexts as healing and divination and as an aspect of the knowledge of nature's occult virtues and secrets.>
Born to a clan of warriors of supernatural strength, Gavrael McIllioch had abandoned his name and castle in an effort to escape the dark fate of his ancestors, and watches over ravishing Jillian St. Clair from afar, but when her father summons him, Gavrael races to compete for his love's hand in marriage"--NoveList.
Walking the Gendered Tightrope analyzes the gendered expectations for women in high offices through the examples of British Prime Minister Theresa May and U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. Even at their highest positions, and while completing their greatest achievements, both May and Pelosi faced gendered critiques and intraparty challenges to their leadership. While other books have analyzed the barriers to higher office that women face, this book reveals how women in positions of power are still forced to balance feminine stereotypes with the perception of power as masculine in order to prove their legitimacy. By examining intraparty dynamics, this book offers a unique comparison between a majoritarian presidential and Westminster parliamentary system. While their parties promoted Pelosi and May to highlight their progressive values, both women faced continually gendered critiques about their abilities to lead their caucuses on difficult policy issues, such as the Affordable Care Act and two Trump impeachment votes for Nancy Pelosi, or finishing Brexit for Theresa May. Grounded in the legislative literature from the United States and Britain, as well as historical accounts and personal interviews, Walking the Gendered Tightrope contributes to the fields of gender and politics, legislative studies, American politics, and British politics.
Eleven-year-old Raine Hunter's family moves from the town of Blackheart Bay, Nova Scotia to Desolation Creek in the Australian Outback, where her father will begin pastoring a small church. But not long after they begin their new lives, a tragedy befalls the family. Devastated, Raine's parents leave the ministry and move their family back to Blackheart Bay. There, Raine grows into a young woman but is haunted by the guilt she lives with because of the tragedy, and the accusation and anger she sees in her father's eyes whenever she looks at him. At eighteen, after an ugly quarrel with her father, Raine leaves home and moves to Halifax. Years later, Raine's father has suffered a heart attack, and her brother, a widowed youth pastor with two young daughters, has vanished under suspicious circumstances. Raine reluctantly returns to her hometown, struggling with bitterness for her father, fear for her missing brother, and the responsibility of caring for her nieces.
When Quinn Rutledge and Summer Rosales met on a warm summer night on the shores of beautiful Lake Amethyst, they were both young, all was right in the world, and the only thing on their agenda was romance-one that neither of them wanted to end with the summer and closing of resort town Amethyst's tourist season. Promises and plans were made. Promises were broken... Quinn had a lucrative dream career stretching out before him as an author. Though he'd returned to his livelihood after the summer with the woman he'd fallen so hard for, his heart prevented him from keeping away until they could see each other again the following summer as they planned. When Summer didn't show up, he'd tried to find her and couldn't. Though he should have returned to his writing, he's instead found himself settling in Amethyst, waiting hopefully, and probably foolishly, through endless winters until Summer comes around...
Love Inspired Historical brings you four new titles at a great value, available now! Enjoy these historical romances of adventure and faith. RECLAIMING HIS PAST Smoky Mountain Matches Karen Kirst When Jessica O'Malley discovers a wounded stranger with amnesia in her barn, she nurses him back to health. But she isn't sure if she can trust him, especially since nobody knows who he is…or what he was doing on her property. THE TEXAN'S ENGAGEMENT AGREEMENT Bachelor List Matches Noelle Marchand Determined to thwart their parents' matchmaking schemes, former sweethearts Chris Johansen and Adelaide Harper pretend to be engaged. But can they stop their make-believe courtship from developing into something real? THE EXPRESS RIDER'S LADY Stacy Henrie Intent on attending her sister's wedding, Delsie Radford hires Pony Express rider Myles Patton to escort her from Missouri to California. Will they arrive on time to reunite the sisters—and possibly find love along the way? A PRACTICAL PARTNERSHIP Lily George Marriage was never part of the plan for Hannah Siddons or John Reed. But when John convinces Hannah to help him prepare his sister for her debut, sparks begin to fly—and they must decide whether to follow their hearts.
A savage assault. A sinister conspiracy. Can she battle PTSD and dig up the truth before a stalker sends her to an early grave? Vancouver, BC. Investigative reporter Jordan Stone is desperate to hunt down the mobster who forced her parents into witness protection. But when she recklessly follows an anonymous tip, she’s kidnapped and chained underground at the mercy of a sadist. Resigned to perish in a sea of pain, not even her fortunate discovery by the police manages to shake her dread that someone is out for her blood… Fighting through her battered emotions and bruised body, the fiery journalist works frantically to free herself and her family from the crime boss who wants them dead. But as the clues take her across the ocean to Sicily, she can’t escape the feeling she’s being stalked by an ominous new threat. Can Jordan end the looming menace, or will an assassin’s blade cut her life short? Scare Away the Dark is the second book in the harrowing A Stone Suspense mystery series. If you like international intrigue, strong-willed heroines, and heart-stopping danger, then you’ll love Karen Dodd’s breathtaking tale. Buy Scare Away the Dark to escape the shadows today!
New to the art recovery world, agent Gwen Davies takes on her very first “repo” assignment for Artemis, Inc.: restoring a solid gold, bejeweled Venetian mask to its rightful owner. But she’s mortified to learn that she’s stolen back a carefully engineered fake, and the disappointed client is a man she’d hoped to never see again. Quinn Lawson’s clean-cut corporate image belies his troubled, tattooed, bad-boy past. But when he’s held accountable for the missing mask, he’s forced to return to his shady ways and team up with Gwen in order to find the real one. Unfortunately the mask’s centuries-old curse is alive and well—and so is the stranger who’s prepared to kill for it. As their quest for the original mask takes Quinn and Gwen through the romantic, twisting canals of old Venice, danger forces them closer together than they ever expected to be—again.
All Ryder Caldwell wanted was to be Melanie Duncan's protector--until those feelings turned into something stronger, forcing him to end their relationship before they made a mistake. But how could he have predicted that his rejection would send Melanie running into his brother's arms? And result in a baby? Now, ten years later, Mel has come home--and she's not alone. She was always the woman Ryder couldn't forget--and now she's accompanied by the child he hadn't known existed. And suddenly the good doctor can see everything he's been searching his whole life to find...right in his own backyard."--P. [4] of cover.
Listen to a short interview with Karen Ordahl Kupperman Host: Chris Gondek | Producer: Heron & Crane Captain John Smith's 1607 voyage to Jamestown was not his first trip abroad. He had traveled throughout Europe, been sold as a war captive in Turkey, escaped, and returned to England in time to join the Virginia Company's colonizing project. In Jamestown migrants, merchants, and soldiers who had also sailed to the distant shores of the Ottoman Empire, Africa, and Ireland in search of new beginnings encountered Indians who already possessed broad understanding of Europeans. Experience of foreign environments and cultures had sharpened survival instincts on all sides and aroused challenging questions about human nature and its potential for transformation. It is against this enlarged temporal and geographic background that Jamestown dramatically emerges in Karen Kupperman's breathtaking study. Reconfiguring the national myth of Jamestown's failure, she shows how the settlement's distinctly messy first decade actually represents a period of ferment in which individuals were learning how to make a colony work. Despite the settlers' dependence on the Chesapeake Algonquians and strained relations with their London backers, they forged a tenacious colony that survived where others had failed. Indeed, the structures and practices that evolved through trial and error in Virginia would become the model for all successful English colonies, including Plymouth. Capturing England's intoxication with a wider world through ballads, plays, and paintings, and the stark reality of Jamestown--for Indians and Europeans alike--through the words of its inhabitants as well as archeological and environmental evidence, Kupperman re-creates these formative years with astonishing detail.
As a teenager, Roman "Bud" Marasek was shy and withdrawn, a farmer's kid who grew up to be a farmer himself. The first girl he loved was Briar Sankey, a popular girl with big, beautiful eyes and a wild clothing and makeup style. It took him years to work up the courage to ask her out, and their date was the best night of his life. But, when she never answered his calls after that and started dating the star athlete, he'd realized he'd only been wishing for the moon. Years passed, Bud fell in love with Evette, had a daughter, and his wife died unexpectedly. Raising Harper hasn't been easy alone, but at forty-seven he feels completely unprepared for being both father and mother to a moody teenage daughter with too many boyfriends and life-and-death meltdowns. He turns to Briar for help. Briar is running her mother's restaurant, has finally toned down her style, and, unbelievably, has never married and seems content to be alone. Looks are deceiving... Briar had spent her life confident she had all the time in the world to make a life for herself and any choice she wanted. At forty-seven, she no longer has the same choices. With both of her parents gone, she's the only one left to run the restaurant, her mother's legacy to the small town of Amethyst and what she considers her "patch" in the big, wide world. Additionally, the few eligible men in the area don't interest her. Letting slip an unintended faux pas, a friend of both Briar and Bud reveals to Briar that Bud has had a thirty year crush on her. Suddenly his reason for coming by the cafe nearly every day of his life takes on startling meaning. In truth, she'd barely noticed him most of the time. When he asks her for help with Harper, she can't refuse. And suddenly she's seeing Bud in a whole new light...and falling in love with the sweet, shy man who's been there all along.
Everyone knows that all the members of the St. John family are destined for greatness - all, that is, except the rebellious Chase St. John. Then, as the fates would have it, a lifetime of drinking, gambling and womanising catches up and leads him to a fateful incident which changes his life. Harriet Ward, on the other hand, has always felt the weight of responsibility caring for her mother and two brothers, but drawing the line at marrying a stuffy bore to save her home, she creates an imaginary fiance, Captain John. There is no one more surprised than she when Chase conveniently shows up, wounded by an unknown attacker, to fill the role of her suitor. As they pose as lovers and begin to unravel the mystery of Chase's assailant, they soon realise that their imaginary love has quickly turned into reality.
Quinn Wells believes her life is just as it should be . . . calm, relaxed, and free of relationship entanglements. The theft of a $25 millions dollar gift to her employer, Houston Cullen University, changes all that. Quinn, knowing her own innocence is in question, takes matters into her own hands by setting off in pursuit of the coworker she believes is responsible for the theft. But Logan Rice, the donor of the gift, isn’t going to let her out of his sight. As they race from city to city, Logan is determined to win over Quinn and convince her they have a chance as a couple. But Logan’s wealth and social position are the opposite of Quinn’s middle-class life, and he devastates her by withholding information about his past. Will she discover what is most important to her before he walks away? Sensuality Level: Sensual
Bugs" A partially digested body is found in the oxidation ditch at the Falcon's Bend Wastewater Treatment Plant. Was it an accident...or is new Falcon's Bend Investigator Pete Shasta facing his first murder? "Broken Wings" Just 2 months ago, a runaway daughter Keith Pierce never knew he had landed on his doorstep. Seventeen years earlier, Keith Pierce had a brief, intense affair with a woman on the lam. When Keith returns to Kat's hometown of Falcon's Bend to find his daughter's mother, he discovers that Kat disappeared shortly after giving birth to Quinn. Investigator Pete Shasta solves a decade and a half old missing-person case that's about to turn into murder. "Obsessions" A newborn baby is stolen from Falcon's Bend Community Hospital's maternity ward...and Lt. Pete Shasta's only lead is to the Liace Adoption Agency, which set up the open adoption of the unmarried mother's baby. Case Representative Lisa Mercer is as suspicious and defensive as she is beautiful. Pete finds himself breaking the cardinal rule of investigation-never get emotionally involved with anyone even remotely associated with a case. With a kidnapper who seems to believe there's nothing left to lose and potentially everything to gain, and his own uncontrollable feelings for Lisa, Pete's about to learn just how dangerous obsessions can be. "Blind Revenge" For the first 3 years of her life, Lindsay Bronwyn had nightmares about a witch who wanted her eyes. Nineteen years later, those nightmares have come true when she's found murdered on her kitchen floor, her eye sockets empty. Falcon's Bend Investigator Danny Vincent faces the supernatural to get at a chilling flesh and blood truth. "Fixated" Someone has been following new Falcon's Bend citizen Risa Nitzberg for the past few weeks. Victor Brooks, her neighbor from across the street who's become fixated with Risa from afar, steps in when Risa's creepy stalker decides to get up close and personal.
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