Alice Roosevelt, the oldest daughter of Theodore Roosevelt,
was only two days old when her mother died. Her father was
unable to cope with the situation of his wife's death and
handed over Alice to his sister Anna. He would later remarry
and father several more children. Alice meanwhile Read more...
A young woman is killed in the downtown of Savannah and for
crime reporter Harper McClain this murder is especially
brutal. She knows the victim; she worked at the bar where
Harper's best friend is working. For Harper, it becomes
personal to find the killer, but there are no Read more...
Marian Engström loves working with rescue dogs to help protect
endangered wildlife. In a new assignment to northern Alberta, Marian is
assigned to work with Tate, who she eventually falls in love with. But
months later on a different assignment, Marian is blindsided when she
learns Tate has been Read more...
An up-and-coming local college athlete is accused and sent to prison
for rape, with DNA evidence to prove it. However, soon after another
rape occurs, and the same DNA is found. How can this be? No person,
unless they are identical twins, can have the same DNA. And Read more...
THE HUNTRESS is the story about
Nina Markova, an female Russian bomber pilot that has joined forces
with Ian Graham an English journalist to hunt down a deadly Nazi
murderess known as the Huntress. The Huntress managed to get away
after several heinous Read more...
I LOVE this series! When I got the chance to read GONE BY
MIDNIGHT didn't I hesitate, I had to read it straight away.
And WOW! The first
book was great, the Read more...
AMERICAN DUCHESS tells the fictional story of Consuelo
Vanderbilt. In 1895 Consuelo wed the Duke of Marlborough.
This was not a love match; she was already in love with
another man. She only went to the altar after being bullied
relentlessly by her mother, Alva. The marriage was a
business Read more...
The year is 1984, and Richard "Richie" Cunningham gets bad
news from his hometown in Milwaukee. Arthur Fonzarelli, his
best friend when he was growing up, the Fonz is dead. Fonzie
was driving his motorcycle when he crossed a bridge and lost
control and into the guardrail. He went over Read more...
There are some series that become so special for you that
the characters feel like old friends. The Max
Wolfe series by Tony Parsons is one of them for me.
Now, it has been a while since I Read more...
THE LOST GIRLS OF PARIS is a
book about sacrifices, courage, friendship, and about moving on.
1946 - Grace Healey is living in Manhattan and is trying to live a life
without her husband who died during the war. While passing through
Grand Central Read more...
DEAR GEORGE, DEAR MARY is the story about George
Washington's relationship with Mary Philipse. Mary Calvi has
written a story based on hundreds of letters, witness
accounts, and journal entries, reconstructing George
Washington courting of New York heiress Mary Philipse.
I had never heard of Mary Philipse before I Read more...
THE DUTCH WIFE is a dual storyline book. In 1943 we get to
follow Marijke de Graaf as she is forced to choose between a
slow death in a labor camp or join the camp brothel. She
picks the later in the hope of meeting her husband who has
been Read more...
Peter Caine is a merciless Manhattan defense attorney who
may seem to be charming on the outside. However, beneath the
mask, he is a cold and heartless man who doesn't care about
other people's feelings. He doesn't even harbor any
feelings for his own son Jamie, and Read more...
A group of college friends is spending the Christmas break
together at a hunting lodge. Spending time together
welcoming in the New Year has long been a tradition for
them, and this year the place is a remote estate in the
Scottish Highlands. However, this year everything will
change. This Read more...
In the third book about journalist Charlie
Cates she goes with a gal pal to Hawaii. She needs some
time away from home after newspapers have gotten to know
that she has a supernatural talent; she can find lost
children Read more...
WATCHER IN THE WOODS is book
four in Kelly Armstrong's Rockton series. I've read all the books and this is a series
that I love and I hope that Armstrong will keep Read more...
THE DYING OF THE LIGHT
engrossed me from the very first page. I love reading books set in the
American south, especially books that have romance, tragedy, and of
course, a wonderful gothic feeling.
Diane Cooke knows she must marry someone rich so Read more...
Evan Smoak is a trained assassin known as Orphan X. He was
part of the Orphan Program until he broke with it and used
everything he had learned to reinvent himself as the Nowhere
Man. Now he helps those that are desperate and have no one
else to turn to Read more...
What if you're stuck at a rest stop in a blizzard with
strangers and discover a kidnapped child? You don't know
who to trust and have no way to contact anyone. What
would you do? What could you do?
That's the dilemma college student Darby Thorne is Read more...
THE WITCHES OF ST. PETERSBURG is the tale of two sisters
that have to fend for themselves at the Romanov court,
and they do so by not only befriending the Tsarina, they
use black magic as well. Militza and Stana are the
daughters of the King of Montenegro. They are Read more...
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