A boy out of time. A girl to save Britain. A war between them.Drawn to a portrait of 1940s screen star, Eleanor Gale, teenager Mitch finds himself pursuing a romance across oceans of time while foiling a Nazi plot to invade Britain.
In 1984, young Raheem 'Mitch' Mitchell is a teenager who doesn't fit. A 'young fogey' in vintage clothes, obsessed with old music and old movies, suffering fits that mystify doctors, he is a boy out of time.Falling in love with long lost movie star Eleanor Gale, he visits the Welsh town where her greatest film was shot... ... and finds himself back in time, face to face with the woman of his dreams.In 1941, he works on the film that might save Britain from Nazi invasion, and investigates the traitor in their midst who is working to make that invasion happen. But just who is the secret German spy? Is it the cinematographer who was trained in Berlin before the war? Is it dashing actor and love rival Denholm Bourne? Or might it be Eleanor herself? Just what dark secret is she hiding?Mystery, suspense, secrets, romance, and a good old dose of derring-do. Haunted Town is the latest historical thriller in the Touchstone Origins series. Views: 628
From profiling criminalsto being hunted by a killer.Asking FBI agent Lucy Sanderson to profile the Back Roads Killer is the only way Bryce Tippett can prove his brother is innocent—unless Lucy becomes the next victim. When someone begins stalking her just as she arrives in town, it falls to the single dad to protect her. But as clues lead in unexpected directions, can they uncover the truth...and survive to expose it?Covert Operatives Views: 628
A staggering love illuminating the dark corners of a Nazi prison Renowned German pastor and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer is famous for his resistance to the Nazi regime and for his allegiance to God over government. But what few realize is that the last years of his life also held a love story that rivals any romance novel. Maria von Wedemeyer knows the realities of war. Her beloved father and brother have both been killed on the battlefield. The last thing this spirited young woman needs is to fall for a man under constant surveillance by the Gestapo. How can she give another piece of her heart to a man so likely to share the same final fate? Yet when Dietrich Bonhoeffer, an old family friend, comes to comfort the von Wedemeyers after their losses, she discovers that love isn’t always logical. Dietrich himself has determined to keep his distance from romantic attachments. There is too much work to be done for God, and his involvement in the conspiracy is far too important. But when he encounters a woman whose intelligence and conviction match his own, he’s unprepared for how easy it is to give away his heart. With their deep love comes risk--and neither Dietrich nor Maria is prepared for just how great that risk soon becomes. Based on detailed historical research, this true love story is at once beautiful and heartrending. My Dearest Dietrich sheds new light on a world-famous theologian . . . and the woman who changed his life. Views: 628
"A comic take on what initially appears a most improbable topic for humour." ––The Globe and Mail By the author of All My Puny Sorrows, readers are welcomed to Have-a-Life welfare housing project (better known as Half-a-Life.) The welfare regulations are endless and the rat-fink neighbors won't mind their own business. Lucy Von Alstyne sends fictitious letters to her friend Alicia, pretending to be the father of Alicia's twins. When the two mothers and their five children set off on a journey to find him, facing along the way the complications of living in poverty and raising fatherless children, Lucy discovers this just may be the summer of her amazing luck. Views: 628
He's a rake, she's a not quite a spinster. Life is interesting when they're together, but... When her twin sister, Bridget, betrays Lady Mairin's trust by marrying a man within the Great Family, Mairin determines she will find a suitable husband elsewhere, no matter what. Iefan Davies, the family rakehell, who has rejected both the family and society, introduces Mairin to the Duke of Gascony, then teaches her to woo the duke. Between seduction lessons, Iefan shows her the world beyond the ton. Neither considers the other suitable marriage material, for Mairin has a duke in her sights, while Iefan has no intention of curtailing his bachelor ways, although life is certainly interesting when they're together. Season of Denial is the seventh book in the spin-off series following the historical romances of Scandalous Sirens. Scandalous Scions brings together the members of three great families, to love and play under the gaze of... Views: 628
ER doctor Tag just wants a distraction, but the man he swipes right on isn't easy to forget. As Tag is drawn into Bass's criminal underworld, he wonders if the cure for his broken heart is worse than the disease. Views: 628
