In the darkest days of the Blitz, family is more important than ever.With her family struggling amidst the nightly bombing raids in London's East End, Ida Brogan is doing her very best to keep their spirits up. The Blitz has hit the Brogans hard, and rationing is more challenging than ever, but they are doing all they can to help the war effort. When Ida's oldest friend Ellen returns to town, sick and in dire need of help, it is to Ida that she turns. But Ellen carries a secret, one that threatens not only Ida's marriage, but the entire foundation of the Brogan family. Can Ida let go of the past and see a way to forgive her friend? And can she overcome her sadness to find a place in her heart for a little boy, one who will need a mother more than ever in these dark times? Views: 483
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Named a Best Book of the Year by: * Financial Times * New Statesman * History Today * The Spectator * "Like a Renaissance wonder cabinet, full of surprises and opening up into a lost world." —Stephen Greenblatt The impeccably researched and vividly rendered account of the forgotten quest by Christopher Columbus's son to create the greatest library in the world—"a perfectly pitched poetic drama" (Financial Times) and an amazing tour through sixteenth-century Europe.In this innovative work of history, Edward Wilson-Lee tells the extraordinary story of Hernando Colón, a singular visionary of the printing press-age who also happened to be Christopher Columbus's illegitimate son. At the peak of the Age of Exploration, Hernando traveled with Columbus on his final voyage to the New World, a journey that ended in disaster, bloody mutiny, and shipwreck. After Columbus's death in 1506, the eighteen-year-old... Views: 483
I want to inspire you to live a new life... *
Personal stylist Hayden Fox loves her job. She hopes to help her newest client, sweet, beautiful Caroline, find confidence and a new perspective with a total lifestyle change. And Hayden is all about solving other people's problems--until she's confronted with one of her own:* She's falling in love with her client's fiancé. * Views: 483
Can They Stay One Step Ahead 0f A Serial Killer?FBI profiler Rebecca Wade is used to tough, gruesome cases. But a serial killer targeting women in Big Bend National Park gets under her skin in a way she never anticipated. Alongside her unexpected partner–enigmatic park ranger Quinn Gallagher–Rebecca must race against the clock to prevent more innocent lives from being lost and achieve justice at last. Views: 483
Contemporary fiction with a sci-fi edge, perfect for fans of Ernest Cline and Marie Lu. Alex Mata doesn't want to worry about rumors of alien incursions—he'd rather just skate and tag and play guitar. But when he comes home to find an alien has murdered his parents, he's forced to confront a new reality: aliens are real, his parents are dead, and nobody will believe him if he tells. On the run, Alex finds himself led to the compound of tech guru Jeffrey Sabazios, the only public figure who stands firm in his belief that aliens are coming.At Sabazios's invitation, Alex becomes a Witness, one of a special group of teens gifted with an ability that could save the Earth: they can glide through time and witness futures. When a Witness sees a future, that guarantees it will happen the way it's been seen, making their work humanity's best hope for stopping the alien threat. Guided by Sabazios, befriended by his fellow time travelers, and maybe even falling in... Views: 483
The man of her fantasies is finally hers. Sort of... Two things haunt forensic anthropologist Hazel MacLeod: the bones of victims of genocide she examines for her work, and former SEAL Sean Logan's rejection. But within days of moving to her cousin's estate to take a much needed break, she finds herself faced with both. First, she's called in to examine a mass grave in Virginia, then, her politician cousin receives a threatening letter and insists Hazel needs around the clock protection—from none other than Sean Logan. To make matters worse, because the threat to her is classified, Hazel and Sean must pretend to be lovers to hide that he's her bodyguard. Sean has spent years trying to avoid his boss's sexy cousin, but now he's guarding her twenty-four/seven and even bringing her as his date to a romantic destination wedding. As the heat between them intensifies, Sean can't lose sight of the danger that brought them together. But when... Views: 483
Six years ago Molly Mackillop left her hometown of Hopeless in Calamity Valley, Texas to seek out adventure. Now she's back to lick her wounds after a string of humiliations and a failed engagement. Saul Solomon arrived in Texas after a heartbreaking discovery made him walk away from his hometown. Now, all he wants is to lie low until the complications in his life die down. Guided into Hopeless by forces unknown, Saul wonders if he should walk right out again. But the trouble with trouble, is that there's always more on the way... Views: 483
