A page-turning story of perseverance, A Season of Disruption, follows a family's journey to overcome a devastating loss.A twist of fate leaves Murna Moreland, a young Jamaican homemaker widowed with five children. Without the means to provide for her family, she makes a seemingly unimaginable choice. She leaves her children in hopes of finding a better life in the United States.With no mother or father present, fifteen-year-old Hope must courageous...

Abandoned by her childhood sweetheart. A new life of love and security. When a storm of woe threatens, can she find the strength to persevere?Washington, DC, 1997. Maxine "Maxi" Weldon is living her best life. After her childhood sweetheart bailed when their son was six, the devoted mother forged a promising career and happy home with her big-hearted husband. But the hard-working Jamaican native becomes alarmed when she walks in on her usually levelheaded twelve-ye...

Pilgrim State is a stunning memoir which tells the story of Dorothy Walker - equal parts beautiful, headstrong, brave and tragic. Her life is lovingly recreated by her daughter Jacqueline in homage to the remarkable woman she was.In the haunting opening pages, set in Pilgrim State mental facility in New York State in 1951, Dorothy has been forcibly sectioned and is battling to keep her children and her sanity. She will struggle all her life to retain both. Dorothy and her c...

An authoritative assessment of the early American republic through the lens of genderWhat does it mean to study early American history through gender? The essays in this collection, written by the best emerging and established historians in the field, bring together women’s history with masculinity studies to showcase the transformative impact of gender history on our understanding of the early American republic. In addition to state-of-the-field historiographical ...

HONORABLE MENTION, 2024 Conference on College Composition and Communication Outstanding Book Award in Edited Collection!A collection of accessible, interdisciplinary essays that explore archival practices to unsettle traditional archival theories and methodologies.What would it mean to unsettle the archives? How can we better see the wounded and wounding places and histories that produce absence and silence in the name of progress and knowl...

She doesn’t know who she is, but he does—and he’s hunting her.Connie’s life is a mystery, her background unknown, her future uncertain. Driven by desperation, she uses her powers to investigate crimes. If she can’t unravel her own past, she’ll seek justice for others.A chance encounter, a brace of poisoned partridges, and Connie is knee deep in trouble again. Her story is slowly unraveling, the truth almost within reach. If only she could remember.But someone rememb...

One convenient download. One bargain price. Get all June Harlequin Presents with one click!Against the background of exquisite European locales, a war is waged between virginal innocence and cynical mistrust, treacherous jealousy and all-consuming desire, ruthless power and loving devotion. The men and women in these Harlequin Presents novels are the combatants in this war--arrogant billionaires, ruthless tycoons, haughty aristocracts and the innocent, spirited, and often ...

Local and international writers converge to create emerge 19, a powerful anthology now in its 19th year, filled with intrepid and haunting stories. Explore a tiny universe within a shard of glass, find lullabies for insomniacs and follow the kidnapping of a magical cat. In this collection, you will find prose and poetry that lay new ground, whether it be uncovering hidden jawbones in walls, bearing witness to childhoods in raging war zones, or examining one’s paradoxical relationship with ...

He’s ready for a change … But is she?For fashion designer Renee Rothchild, a friendship with marine Greg Bowman was always safer than imagining a future together. The stress of dating a military man might trigger the panic disorder she’s worked so hard to manage. Greg says he’sready to leave the military, but he loves his job, and she can’t let him give it up for her. Can Greg convince Renee that despite their differences, they do belong together?

Her dreams reveal everything, yet she’s powerless to change what’s coming.Connie Maxwell harbors a secret. Though broken in body, her spirit roams free. Dreamwalking might be a gift if only she could control it. But there’s a vast difference between drifting along the Cornish Coast and witnessing a murder—especially when she can’t change its course.Annie Hearn has vanished after the suspicious death of her neighbor, with authorities closing in. In a county consumed by a des...

PILGRIM STATE is a stunning memoir which tells the story of Dorothy Walker - equal parts beautiful, headstrong, brave and tragic. Her life is lovingly recreated by her daughter Jacqueline in homage to the remarkable woman she was.In the haunting opening pages, set in Pilgrim State mental facility in New York State in 1951, Dorothy has been forcibly sectioned and is battling to keep her children and her sanity. She will struggle all her life to retain both. Dorothy and her children ...

Niets zo goed om sluimerende passie te wekken als een reisje naar het zonovergoten Griekenland - waar Eros je recht in het hart treft... (1) IN ZIJN MACHTIGE ARMEN - Jemma kan haar vader maar op één manier redden van een faillissement: door te trouwen met de Griekse multimiljonair Luke Devetzi. Een liefdeloze, zakelijke deal wat haar betreft - hij heeft immers alle troeven in handen. Maar op het Griekse eiland Zante blijkt dat Luke absoluut geen genoegen neemt met haar zakelijke aanpak... ...