Widowed not just once… not just twice… but three times, Summer Black isn't about to pursue marriage again. She hears the whispers around town. The suspicion that she's a cursed widow, and she's intent to live out the rest of her days in solitude, sheltered from anymore heartache. However, when her driver runs over a strange man, Summer is honor bound to care for him, and she learns that fate might just have other plans for her. Will she listen? Or close herself off to new and promising possibilities forever?Jesse Montgomery's family is falling apart. One year after the death of his father, bill collectors are hounding his mother, and a fire has destroyed the family's only source of income. Destitute and desperate, Jesse's only hope is to beg his cousin's widow for a loan. He'll do anything to save his family… even make a bargain with the cursed widow. Views: 649
This is a story about America during and after Reconstruction, one of history's most pivotal and misunderstood chapters. In a stirring account of emancipation, the struggle for citizenship and national reunion, and the advent of racial segregation, the renowned Harvard scholar delivers a book that is illuminating and timely. Real-life accounts drive the narrative, spanning the half century between the Civil War and Birth of a Nation. Here, you will come face-to-face with the people and events of Reconstruction's noble democratic experiment, its tragic undermining, and the drawing of a new "color line" in the long Jim Crow era that followed. In introducing young readers to them, and to the resiliency of the African American people at times of progress and betrayal, Professor Gates shares a history that remains vitally relevant today. Views: 649
KNIVES IN THE DARK...Captain-General Jessica Marik is holding the reborn Free Worlds League together by the might of her indomitable will, and has managed to keep all of the interstellar nation's foes at bay. But even the strongest and most inspiring leaders have chinks in their armor. After a personal tragedy, Jessica vanishes from the public eye, leaving no hand on the tiller of the fractious nation as multiple hostile neighbors drag them into open warfare. Beset on all sides, the League must navigate the flames of war with no direction from the top, leaving Warden-General Nikol Marik, Jessica's youngest child, in control of the League's military forces at a time when the nation needs her mother's leadership the most. Nikol steps up to the challenge, however, as this is the moment she has been preparing for her entire life. But forces in the shadows seek to capitalize on the chaos and bring the Free Worlds League to its knees from... Views: 649
She’s a famous outlaw’s daughter. He’s a U.S. Marshal committed to nothing–and no one–but justice. That is, until Ella comes along . . .Ella Jenkins never wanted to be a criminal. Born into the Jenkins Gang, she’s fought her criminal heritage every step of the way. Now there’s a handsome U.S. Marshal knocking at her door asking the impossible of her: to join the family business in order to stop them.U.S. Marshal Hank Fulton finds nothing more serious than his commitment to justice. Now he’s got a new assignment–talking the beautiful Ella into pretending to be his wife and infiltrating the Jenkins Gang with him.He’s prepared to sacrifice his life for justice. But can he honestly let Ella risk her life for the sake of his beloved law? Along the way Ella fights her true feelings for Hank–does he really care for her? Or is it all just a ruse . . . When Ella realizes she would do anything for him–even turn her family in–it seems its already too late to turn back. Or is it? Views: 649
