It is 1704 when Genevieve Gaillain and her sister board a French ship headed for the Louisiana colony as mail-order brides. Both have promised to marry one of the rough-and-tumble Canadian men in this New World in order to escape religious persecution in the Old World. Genevieve knows life won't be easy, but at least here she can establish a home and family without fear of beheading. But when she falls in love with Tristan Lanier, an expatriate cartographer whose courageous stand for fair ...

Five years after the final shot was fired in the War Between the States, Selah Daughtry can barely manage to keep herself, her two younger sisters, and their spinster cousin fed and clothed. With their family's Mississippi plantation swamped by debt and the Big House falling down around them, the only option seems to be giving up their ancestral land.Pinkerton agent and former Union cavalryman Levi Riggins is investigating a series of robberies and sabotage linked to the impoverish...

In the fine tradition established by her Southern grandmama, Aurora Daughtry has recently orchestrated the marriage of her eldest sister and facilitated her middle sister's engagement. She also rejoices in her part in transforming the family's dilapidated plantation manor into a luxurious and lucrative resort hotel. Just when it seems there is nothing left to absorb her considerable talent for managing people, in walks federal deputy marshal Zane Sager.But Zane is not at Daughtry H...

Impoverished Southern belle Joelle Daughtry has a secret. By day she has been helping her sisters in their quest to turn the run-down family plantation into a resort hotel after the close of the Civil War. But by night and under a male pseudonym, she has been penning articles for the local paper in support of the construction of a Negro school. With the Mississippi arm of the Ku Klux Klan gaining power and prestige, Joelle knows she is playing a dangerous game.When childhood enemy ...

Fiona Lanier is the only woman in the tiny Gulf Coast settlement of Navy Cove. While her shipbuilding family races to fill the demand for American ships brought by the War of 1812, Fiona tries to rescue her brother who was forced into service by the British Navy.Lieutenant Charlie Kincaid has been undercover for six months, obtaining information vital to the planned British invasion of New Orleans. When a summer storm south of Mobile Bay wrecks his ship and scatters the crew, Charl...

All along the eastern seaboard, the American struggle for independence rages. In the British-held southern port of Mobile, Alabama, the conflict brewing is quieter--though no less deadly. The lovely Frenchwoman Lyse Lanier is best friends with the daughter of the British commander. Rafael Gonzalez is a charming young Spanish merchant with a secret mission and a shipment of gold to support General Washington. As their paths cross and their destinies become increasingly tangled, Lyse and Raf...

Five years after the final shot was fired in the War Between the States, Selah Daughtry can barely manage to keepherself, her two younger sisters, and their spinster cousin fed and clothed. With their family’s Mississippi plantationswamped by debt and the Big House falling down around them, the only option seems to be giving up their ancestralland—until a hotel management agent for the railroad offers her hope for the future.If she’ll turn her home into a hotel...

Joelle Daughtry has a secret. By day, the impoverished Southern belle has been helping her sisters in their quest to turn the run-down family plantation into a resort hotel after the close of the Civil War. But by night and under a male pseudonym, she has been penning articles for the local paper in support of constructing a school for former slaves. With the Mississippi arm of the Ku Klux Klan gaining power and prestige, Joelle knows she is playing a dangerous game. Loyalties shift when S...

In the heart of Victorian society, where propriety reigns supreme, a web of love and terror entangles the lives of unsuspecting souls. "Studies in Love and in Terror" by Marie Belloc Lowndes delves into the hidden depths of human nature, where passion and fear collide. As love blossoms amidst the genteel facade, a sinister presence lurks in the shadows, threatening to shatter the delicate balance. With each turn of the page, the boundaries between reality and nightmare blur, leaving reader...

These two may have met their match—in each other.In the fine tradition established by her Southern grandmama, Aurora Daughtry has recently orchestrated themarriage of her eldest sister and facilitated her middle sister’s engagement. Just when it seems there is nothing left toabsorb her considerable talent for managing people, in walks federal deputy marshal Zane Sager.But Zane is not at Daughtry House for a vacation. He’s tracking a killer and collecting two k...