On Lucy Legato's seventy-sixth birthday, she makes a wish to fix the rocky relationship she has with her daughter, Tessa. Suddenly a bright light blinds her, and Lucy finds herself young again and back on the Jersey shore. Did she actually travel through time? Or did her life flash before her eyes because she was dying? Lucy realizes she is not dead, but as impossible as it sounds, she's been sent back to an earlier time in her life. So, while she's there, she decides to keep a promise to ...

Dr. Charlotte Evans escaped a brutal childhood trauma when she fell through a time portal into the modern world. She cast off her old life and vowed never to return to her rightful time—until the choice is taken from her. Forced back through the same time portal that once saved her, she meets a charming viscount and begins to think Regency England isn't too bad after all. Then repeated attempts on her life remind her why she didn't want to be there in the first place. James Tyndale is intr...

Miss Arabella Dowell’s twin sister is in love with a small-town bookseller, a match their parents will never approve. So her sister can be with the man she loves, Bella helps hide their romance from the world, including from a handsome stranger who almost walks in on them. Spencer Hillgrave must announce his engagement during his parents’ Christmas ball at Watersedge Castle. But first, he has to choose a bride from his mother’s list. A chance encounter with a charming lady at a local books...

Time Travel Romance Short StoriesGRANTING HER WISH ~Danielle Thiessen has nothing when she’s tossed back in time to the 1960s, not even her memory. Nothing seems right, except how she feels in the arms of the handsome soldier who comes to her rescue.Vietnam veteran Lee Russell is struggling to return to civilian life in a society that reviles him for serving his country. He no longer feels at home, except when holding Dani in his arms.She do...

Alexandra Turner will do anything to save her twin sister. Even when she's transported back in time to Regency England. Rescuing her sister and finding her way back to her own time will take all her concentration. Falling in love is not an option. With the death of his brother, Nicholas Somerville became the ninth Marquess of Oakleigh and must return to England to take his place in society. Part of his responsibility will be to find a wife. It never occurs to him he might actually discover...

In 1692, Isabeau Munier cast a spell to flee Lobster Cove and escape burning at the stake for witchcraft. Instead, she’s trapped by a curse that tosses her through time whenever she attempts to leave the small town. With her curiosity shop and Great Dane familiar, Isabeau has finally found her place in time. When her landlord’s sexy nephew moves in, she thinks she may have found Mr. Right as well. Grayson Wright’s intrigued by the beautiful Isabeau, but a friend’s accusations make him worr...

It's Valentine's Day, and candy heart sayings mock Drew Engledown's lonely state. He wants more in his life than work, but hasn't met anyone he can imagine spending his life with. When he puts his own life at risk to save a friend, he's sent back in time to Regency London and mistaken for a murdered earl. Has he been given a chance at love with the earl's beautiful widow, or will he suffer the same fate as the previous lord? When her husband's heir lays claim to all she once owned, Lady En...

A cultural and social history of Britain's breads, cakes, and pastries through the ages, from the author of Dining with the Victorians.The Great British Baking Show and its spinoffs are a modern-day phenomenon, but the British, of course, have been baking for centuries—and here, for the first time, is a comprehensive account of how Britain's relationship with this much-loved art has changed, evolved, and progressed over time.Renowned food ...

Food historian Emma Kay tells the story of our centuries-old relationship with herbs. From herbalists of old to contemporary cooking, this book reveals the magical and medicinal properties of your favourite plants in colorful, compelling detail. At one time, every village in Britain had a herbalist. A History of Herbalism investigates the lives of women and men who used herbs to administer treatment and knew the benefit of each. Meet Dr Richard Shephard of Preston, who cultivated angelica ...

A Dark History of Chocolate looks at our long relationship with this ancient 'food of the Gods'. The book examines the impact of the cocoa bean trade on the economies of Britain and the rest of Europe, as well as its influence on health, cultural and social trends over the centuries. Renowned food historian Emma Kay takes a look behind the façade of chocolate – first as a hot drink and then as a sweet – delving into the murky and mysterious aspects of its phenomenal global growth, from a m...

The name Mrs Beeton has endured for well over a century, synonymous with all things reassuringly culinary, while her contemporary Agnes Bertha Marshall remains somewhat of an enigma. Both Isabella Beeton and Agnes Bertha Marshall lived within a short distance of each other in Pinner, worked in London, wrote about, and shared a passion for food, all just a couple of decades apart. While Isabella Beeton compiled one successful book of collected recipes, Agnes built a cookery empire, includin...

The Terrible Truth About the Truth is an all-in-one dramatic, romantic, horrific true story, not without some humour. As a Tutsi who experienced a number of close calls during the Tutsi genocide conducted by extremists Hutus, Emma identifies herself as a Tutsi and a genocide survivor, but many of her compatriots question that reality.Throughout this book, Emma shares her story about a challenged relationship with her Hutu partner, their search for inclusion in their own community, ...