Tapestry

Beginning in 1920, paralleling Hitler's rise to power, and encompassing World War II, Bleva Plain's new novel weaves the threads of history into a brilliant tapestry. As vivid events plunge the world into a dizzying vortex of change, an unforgettable American Family must summon up extraordinary courage to face birth, death, murder, illicit passion, and a great tragedy... and one passionate man must fight his own war against evil--a war that can be won only with honor, integrity, and love.
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Deadly Intentions

A.J. Daniels will be writing as Andréa Joy as of 2020.You’ve met them in Dark Betrayal. Now follow along as they battle the odds to stay together. Can love really conquer all for Jessika and Alessandro?Deadly Intentions is book 2.5 in the Famiglia series. It is a novella and should not be read before first reading Dark Desire and Dark Betrayal.
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Mistletoe In Montana: A Christmas Novella

Eight years after she left her hometown of Merry, Montana, Brenna Santiago is back. Broke, divorced and is desperate need of her family's love and support. When she comes face-to-face with her ex fiancé, Luke Templeton, at her family's ranch, she is shocked, then dismayed, to find out that Luke is buying Half Moon Ranch due to her father's financial issues.Luke Templeton can't believe that his ex fiancée, Brenna Santiago, is back in Montana. Eight years ago she dumped him and quickly married someone else. Now, Luke is on the brink of buying her family's ranch due to monetary issues her father is experiencing. Even though Brenna is opposed to the sale of Half Moon Ranch, Luke still plans to stay the course and make the purchase.As Luke and Brenna spend time in each other's company they both discover that old feelings are rising to the surface. With Christmas rapidly approaching, can they find their way back into each other's arms?
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Abandoned in Death

Homicide detective Eve Dallas must untangle a twisted family history while a hostage's life hangs in the balance—in Abandoned in Death by New York Times bestselling author J. D. Robb.The woman's body was found in the early morning, on a bench in a New York City playground. She was clean, her hair neatly arranged, her makeup carefully applied. But other things were very wrong—like the tattoo and piercings, clearly new. The clothes, decades out of date. The fatal wound hidden beneath a ribbon around her neck. And the note: Bad Mommy, written in crayon as if by a child.Eve Dallas turns to the department's top profiler, who confirms what seems obvious to Eve: They're dealing with a killer whose childhood involved some sort of trauma—a situation Eve is all too familiar with herself. Yet the clues suggest a perpetrator who'd be roughly sixty years old, and there are no records of old crimes with a similar MO. What was the trigger...
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Candyfloss

Floss's parents are divorced, and she divides up her week, spending five days with her mum, her new stepdad and her baby half-brother. The other two days Floss spends with her dad, helping him to run his greasy spoon cafe. But their simple arrangement is thrown into disarray when Floss's mum decides to move to Australia. Making the difficult decision to stay at home, Floss moves in permanently with her dad and they muddle along happily together, surviving on chip butties and enjoying visits to the local funfair. But disaster strikes - Dad's money troubles catch up with him and they have to move out of the cafe. They're homeless - but can their new fairground friends help out?
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Strongheart: The Lost Journals of May Dodd and Molly McGill

The final installment to the One Thousand White Women trilogy is a novel about fierce women who are full of heart and the power to survive.In 1873, a Cheyenne chief offers President Grant the opportunity to exchange one thousand horses for one thousand white women, in order to marry them with his warriors and create a lasting peace. These women, "recruited" by force in the penitentiaries and asylums of the country, gradually integrate the way of life of the Cheyenne, at the time when the great massacres of the tribes begin. After the battle of Little Big Horn, some female survivors decide to take up arms against the United States, which has stolen from the Native Americans their lands, their way of life, their culture and their history. This ghost tribe of rebellious women will soon go underground to wage an implacable battle, which will continue from generation to generation. In this final volume of the One Thousand White Women trilogy, Jim Fergus...
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Opal Plumstead

Opal Plumstead might be plain, but she has always been fiercely intelligent. Yet her scholarship and dreams of university are snatched away when her father is sent to prison, and fourteen-year-old Opal must start work at the Fairy Glen sweet factory to support her family.Opal struggles to get along with the other workers, who think her snobby and stuck-up. But Opal idolises Mrs Roberts, the factory's beautiful, dignified owner, who introduces Opal to the legendary Mrs Pankhurst and her fellow Suffragettes. And when Opal meets Morgan - Mrs Roberts' handsome son, and the heir to Fairy Glen - she believes she has found her soulmate. But the First World War is about to begin, and will change Opal's life for ever.The brilliantly gripping new story from the bestselling, award-winning Jacqueline Wilson.
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The Cat Mummy

I SOMETIMES TALK ABOUT MY MUM TO MABEL, BECAUSE MABEL DOESN'T EVER GET UPSET. Verity adores her cat, Mabel, and is desperately sad when she dies. Remembering her recent school lessons about the Ancient Egyptians, Verity decides to mummify Mabel and keep her hidden. Verity's dad and grandparents can't bear to talk about death, having lost Verity's mum in childbirth, but when they eventually discover what Verity has done with Mabel, the whole family learns that it's time to talk. A superb handling of bereavement in Wilson's uniquely accessible and enjoyable style, for readers of 7+.
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Operation Neurosurgeon

Who says a rising neurosurgeon can’t fall from his pinnacle? From the skullduggery taking place deep in the Tennessee woods to the silent tension in the OR, Doctor Danny Tilson’s life takes an abrupt turn after performing surgery alongside a scrub nurse with aqua eyes and a velvet voice. Can Danny’s situation get any worse after the alluring lady disappears, he inherits her roguish retriever, and his Albert Einstein historical book turns up missing? A pack of Tennessee attorneys pursue Danny while he develops a scheme with his paramedic best friend to payback the mysterious woman who left in a hurry. ***** The Dr. Danny Tilson Novels: Book One: Operation Neurosurgeon Book Two: Silent Fear: a Medical Mystery Book Three: Collateral Circulation: a Medical Mystery Book Four: Secondary Impact
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