Amber Appleby is not the blushing bride. She makes a career out of being a wife—a business wife that is. After signing divorce papers with her third husband, Amber’s looking forward to a few months in a tropical location when Pamela, owner of a matchmaking service for the ultra wealthy, calls her into the office to ask a favor. Pamela explains that her life-long friend […]
Grown-ups said us kids could help our country win. Eat more corn. Give up sugar. Buy Thrift stamps. Collect prune pits. After a whole year doing this sissy stuff, we still hadn’t won. I wasn’t old enough to enlist, but this summer I’d do something dangerous. Something tough and brave. —George Callahan Twelve-year-old George’s family won’t take him seriously. He’s ready to fight like a […]
Johanna McDonough had never had reason to want to leave home. As the daughter of one of the wealthiest men in the Dakota Territory, men had flattered and pursued her, but somehow it always ended up being about her family’s fortune than for love. At eighteen she was still single and losing hope of ever finding a man who would accept and devote his heart. […]
Salt Lake County, Present Day Sam Carroll is living life in the fast lane—sleek cars, nice clothes, and lovely ladies have replaced the gospel values he grew up with, and he’s going nowhere fast. But when a serious car accident brings his fun to a screeching halt, Sam is left comatose, aware only of his older brother reading aloud from the hundred-year-old journal of an […]
When sixteen-year-old Sadelyn Hanson washes up on the shores of Windwaithe Island, her beauty and the strange marks on her wrist make superstitious locals suspect she is a mermaid. Feigning amnesia, Sade hides a far worse secret: she was sailing to her own murder trial when she was thrown overboard by the real killer, the cunning and cruel Captain Westwood. Sade’s quiet effort to rebuild […]
Alison Quinn, Countess of Waxwold, is content with her bookish life—until she’s summoned to be a lady-in-waiting to the Queen of Tremontane’s mother for six months. Even the prospect of access to the Royal Library doesn’t seem enough to make up for her sacrifice, but Alison is prepared to do her service to the Crown. What she’s not prepared for is Prince Anthony North, Queen […]
Sophie—now Catherine, Grand Duchess of Russia—had a tough first year at Imperial Court. Married at sixteen to Grand Duke Peter, heir to the throne, and settled in their own palace, things start to look up. As a new day dawns, Catherine thinks only of securing her future, and the future of their country, during one of the greatest political upheavals of her time. Fighting desperately […]
Eighteen-year-old Lucy doesn’t remember how she died or why she’s haunting Springett Hall in Victorian England. One thing is certain: she was trying to fix a terrible mistake—one she must set right before oblivion reclaims her. As she pieces together the mystery of her death, shadows try to drag her into a dark abyss, and she struggles against the commands of a disembodied voice. None […]
Lucky Clover Green is goal-oriented, despite her hippy parents. She has plans for her life and knows how to make them happen. There’s even a list to prove it. 1. Graduate from prestigious law school. Check. 2. Find an apartment in New York. Check. 3. Get engaged to the man of her dreams. Check. 4. Become partner at a law firm. Ch— Well, she’s still […]
We’re finishing up our second week of awesome stats for the Summer Book Trek 2015 Reading Challenge. Woot! Woot! As of 8:00 a.m. Friday morning, the lists below are where we stand. (Had to cut it off a little early because I won’t have time to do it tomorrow.) I want to give a GREAT BIG shout out to the authors and publishers who provided […]