"In a bleak Mississippi farmhouse in 1918, Leona Pinson gives birth to an illegitimate son whose father she refuses to name, but who will, she is convinced, return from the war to rescue her from a hardscrabble life with a distant mother, a dangerous brother, and a dwarf aunt. When, instead, her lover returns with a wife in tow, her dreams are shattered. As her brother's violence escalates and her aunt flees, Leona must rely on the help of Luther...

Tall One, a young girl living on the African plain, discovers a beautiful blue stone which holds the key to her destiny as well as the destiny of generations to come.

With her enchanting romance One Perfect Rose, Mary Jo Putney earned her rightful place on bestseller lists and "keeper" shelves everywhere. Her lush historical settings, bewitching characters, and unique passion for the beauty of nature transport readers to a place as close to the heart as secret dreams. Now, in her glorious new novel, The Wild Child, Putney creates a breathtaking love story that awakens all the senses, inviting a magical world of...

The Hurlingford family have ruled the small town of Byron, nestled in the Blue Mountains, for generations. Wealthy, powerful and cruel, they get what they want, every time. Missy Wright's mother, a Hurlingford by birth, has been shunned by her family since marrying for love, not money. Now widowed, the women live a quiet existence in genteel poverty. Plain, thin and unforgivably single, it seems Missy's life is destined to be dreary. But then a stranger...

Lylah, Amos, and Owen Stuart long for adventure. Coming from a large family with eight children the three eldest of the Sturart caln want to spread their wings, leave their poverty-striken home in the hills of Arkansas, and go in search of the American dream. Armed with only curiosity and courage, they each set out to take advantage of the opportunities awaiting them. But could life be all that they imagined?

From the bestselling author of the Liverpool Trilogy: An "honest look at family dynamics" and "that unique relationship that exists between sisters" (Booklist). During the winter of 1940, five-year-old Anna MacRae is left with twin baby sisters when she loses her mother during their birth. Anna is a gifted child, with a warm personality to match, but not so her sisters—and as they grow, their pranks turn to stealing, bullying and worse, creating...

Enigmatic, wealthy beyond dreams, and bent on vengeance, Mikhal Khaunari has emerged from a mysterious Asiatic past to take London by storm, and to exact retribution for an appalling crime. Nothing and no one can stop him—except perhaps Lady Sara St. James, whose fragile beauty conceals a gentle heart, genuine goodness, and a soul of steel. First in The Silk Trilogy, Silk and Shadows is followed by Silk and Secrets and Veils of Silk. Both

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Step into 1933 and the heart of the Great Depression in Hell's Neck, Indiana. Elmer "Doc" Gentry, a widowed father, farmer, and house calling doctor runs for state legislature when he discovers corruption at the KKK-controlled State House. When a late-night rap on his door reveals a gross injustice suffered by the black community across the river, Doc sets out on a dual mission to rectify their injustice and find the missing funds meant for President...

HISTORICAL FICTION. The narrator of Tina's War is a bright, quick-witted and sensitive 10 year old Parisian who has been entrusted to the care of a modest family in the Champagne region after suffering from malnutrition in Paris. It covers the period from March 1944 to the town's liberation by the Allied Forces in August of the same year. Through the many people she meets and experiences she lives over these months, she will discover the bond and...

When he pays a visit to the Earl of Bellefonte, Tremaine St. Michael, an astute man of business, finds himself captivated by the earl's formidable sister, Lady Nita, who he believes needs his protection as she tends to the sick and the poor.