A great read for a weekend afternoon, a commute on a train, or while sitting in an airport. Follow the stories of six women and their families as they experience hope, love, reconciliation, compassion, and new life.An Unexpected Blessing: Katie's small act of hospitality brings hope into her grim circumstances during the Great Depression.The Orphan and the Widow: Clarissa's widowhood changes from sadness to joy when she turns from looking at her own need to helping someone ...

Egbert and Eva love spending time together on the farm where Eva lives. One day Eva becomes ill, and it is then that Egbert shows how much he really cares for his friend.

London in 1899 is one of the greatest cities on earth and the heart of the global British Empire. Its fame is not enough to raise the appeal of city living in the eyes of young country gentleman John Whitting, however. He would rather be enjoying the idyllic setting of his family's estate after being away at Oxford for several years than living in the midst of London's noise and dirt. Still, duty to family calls him there, and he determines to make the best of it. Little does he know how l...

Great changes have come to South Africa in 1901. Though the two former Boer republics have been annexed by the British, the Second Anglo-Boer War is still raging, scarring the land and its people. Into this upheaval step John and Helene Whitting, along with their friends the Eldridge's, ready to do the work they have been sent to South Africa to do.The two couples are themselves facing tremendous changes as they enter into their new lives as missionaries in Cape Town. Gone are the ...

With events spanning both world wars, the tenth installment in the Lane Winslow mystery—which first began with the bestselling adventure A Killer in King's Cove—series is a transatlantic tale of sibling rivalry, infidelity, and espionage.**It’s an early morning in May when Lane is pulled from a deep sleep by a concerning phone call from Scotland—her grandfather has had a heart attack. Lane hastily makes plans to fly overseas, and a dejected Inspector Darl...

What happens when an ex-witch/medium, an ex-nun, a demon, and a dead British spy meet?Murder!After a really busy summer, things have settled down for my crew here in Ebenezer Falls. That is until my favorite Spy-Guy, Win has a crazy recollection of the night he was murdered!His memory leads us to the new tattoo artist in town who just happens to be an ex-nun named Trixie Lavender. Sister Trixie has a gifted tattoo artist for a sidek...

When Elizabeth Stemple lost her husband in the Civil War, she also lost her home and livelihood, forcing her to move to the factory town of Lowell, Massachusetts. After living in her own home and being on her own for all those war years, having to share a single dorm room with five other women had been hard. Elizabeth was desperate to get out of the factory town.Elizabeth hadn't really thought about what could go wrong with the mail order bride idea. Even if she had, the man not mee...

Librarian Charlie Harris and his faithful feline companion, Diesel, have inherited Charlie’s grandfather’s house, along with a deadly legacy: a decades-old crime scene, in this all-new mystery in the New York Times bestselling Cat in the Stacks series.Charlie has always believed that his grandfather had sold his house to his longtime tenant, Martin Hale. So when Martin dies, Charlie is surprised to discover the house was not left to Martin but instead belo...

Margaret longed for more than the poverty she was born into. But will her naïve ambitions cost her everything she loves?America, 1940s. Desperate to escape a life of hardship, young Margaret Rose elopes with an older, wealthy man against her domineering father's wishes. However, her dreams of a glamorous future are shattered when her husband's ship is torpedoed after the US enters World War II. Suddenly a widow, Margaret must forge a fresh path for herself in a soc...

150 years after the Civil War nearly tore a nation asunder, the battle for freedom still rages in the heart of Ironwood's newest mistress.Emily Burns grew up an orphan, so she never expected to inherit a southern plantation. When she discovers an old diary hidden in the attic, her life becomes strangely entwined with her Civil War ancestor and she soon begins to wonder how a woman long dead can keep showing up in her dreams.Torn between her strange desire t...

A widow with three boys to raise, Mary Graves has no time for peddlers of phony medicine. She's a dedicated healer working alongside her doctor father. When a handsome stranger blows into town with his "elixir of health" and asks questions about her newly adopted son, Mary's determined to uncover the truth behind all his claims.Once the reckless heir to a Boston fortune, Dr. Luke Jacobs travels the country with his herbal medicine while searching for his long-lost son. After meeting...

A temporary betrothal takes a permanent turn in this heartwarming Christian historical romance from the author of Wed by Necessity.Pregnant widow Ellie Jameson is hiding a secret: her betrothal is a sham to keep her safe from her interfering in-laws. It's simple friendship that prompts her reclusive boss to pose as her fiancé. But can Ellie keep her feelings for Alexander Copeland from developing into something more?When he moved to Gatlinburg after ...