'Freeman's pleasure in the food of literature ... is infectious. The Reading Cure will speak to anyone who has ever felt pain and found solace in a book' Bee WilsonAt the age of fourteen, Laura Freeman was diagnosed with anorexia. But even when recovery seemed impossible, the one appetite she never lost was her love of reading. Slowly, book by book, Laura re-discovered how to enjoy food - and life - through literature.

Cass Beecher hopes Sergeant Zach Ravenswood will fall in love with her on an outing to Ford's Theater, only to have their world turned upside down with President Lincoln's assassination. Her romantic plans continue to be thwarted by family, friends, and a mysterious stranger. Can she save the man she loves from the enemies plotting to ruin him? Zach thought with the war over, he could turn his attention to wooing the lovely Cassandra, but a fortune teller's dire predictions begin to come t...

This first biography of the Kettle's Yard artists reveals the life of a visionary who helped shape twentieth-century British art‘Beautifully written… A book I have always hoped someone would write’ NIGEL SLATER'[An] outstanding and enviably well-written biography. Strongly recommend' INDIA KNIGHT'The beautiful, revelatory biography we have been waiting for. I loved it' EDMUND DE WAALJim Ede ...

After stepping in dog doo, Emily Stevenson finds a body in the canal. The dead woman turns out to be the mistress of her co-worker’s spouse. She’s determined to keep her friend from taking back her cheating husband but becomes tangled in a web of deceit and danger. Officer Travis O’Toole wants to become a detective but not only is Emily a charming distraction, she and her friends keep interfering with the case. He tries to keep her out of trouble only to realize she’s a better partner than...

On a hot August night in 1878, Tom Harrington is found dead beside his burning barn. Arson and murder has descended on this small Ohio town. Liny Bauer, a young midwife, helps the sheriff document evidence, but the victim had many enemies—who had plenty of reasons to kill him. Handsome Deputy Cal Murphy admires Liny’s knack for uncovering secrets but fears her stubbornness may put her in danger. Can they piece together the clues to find the truth before the killer escapes or strikes again?...

While delivering freshly baked cookies to her elderly neighbor, Crystal sees a shady stranger inside the house and sneaks to the back door to determine if he's friend or foe. Nick catches sight of a suspicious person outside and thinks it's a porch pirate looking for Christmas packages. He drives the thief to the ground with a football tackle. Only his victim is his hostess's neighbor, stunned by the force of the impact and furious about her broken cookies. After this meet-cute gone wrong,...

Lady Meg bears scars on her back, reminders that she has no choice but to marry a stranger in the American colonies at her father’s command. He insists the marriage is for a family alliance, but she suspects a darker motive and resolves to escape her fate. Intrigue and betrayal surround Meg and her siblings, and her attraction to the handsome sea captain delivering her to her future husband complicates her plans. Will her determination to find the truth set them all free?

Natalie's hair is really wild—and she likes it that way! A host of friendly animals agree, and they move right in. At first it's just butterflies and birds that take up residence atop Natalie's head, but soon there are zebras, elephants, even a tiger! With all the roaring and squawking and snorting and burping, poor Natalie can hardly sleep. She needs to find someone to help coax those critters out . . . but who?Inspired by the author's own child...

The Civil War is over, but a chance encounter between Jules Beecher and a man from her past turns a simple trip to find her orphaned cousins into a dangerous journey. Determined to keep a promise to her father, she puts her life at risk but finds a reluctant hero in Dr. Roe Greystone. Can Jules heal the "broken doll" of the battlefield or will the past destroy any future? Roe abandoned the profession of medicine, exhausted from the suffering and butchering of the Civil War. Co-ow...

Politician Logan Pierce visits Darrow Falls, Ohio, to enlist support for the Union cause. There, he meets the beautiful and strong-willed Jem Collins and insists she remain at home for news of her husband, Ben, after the Battle of Bull Run, but she ignores his advice. Jem knows something is wrong when Ben doesn’t send word he has survived the first major battle of the Civil War. Jem travels to Washington City with Logan to search for news of Ben and uses her nursing skills to care for the ...

Cory Beecher didn’t mean to shoot handsome Tyler Montgomery and only kisses him so he doesn’t find the runaway slave in the barn. Abolitionists never considered marrying slave owners, but her world explodes with new found desire when her lips touch his. Can she go through with her carefully crafted plans to marry math instructor Douglas Raymond when her heart longs for another? Tyler Montgomery needs to find the runaway slaves before his rival Edward Vandal captures them. Although he doesn...

When Jessica Beecher stops to help a wounded soldier on the Gettysburg battlefield, Confederate Major Morgan Mackinnon enlists her skills to nurse his sister. Unable to escape, she waits for Union forces to attack the retreating Confederate Army. But the delay forces Jess to look beyond the gray uniform to the man who has captured her heart. Morgan can’t let Jess leave when she overhears Lee’s army is retreating during the night. She’s a dangerous woman and not because of the knife she pre...