In 1872, six hundred miles between Bismarck and Bozeman remain to be surveyed for the Northern Pacific Railroad. But Sitting Bull is gathering strength to resist this incursion into the tribes’ hunting grounds. Citizens and politicians question the need for the rail line and doubt that it can ever be guaranteed safe from Indian raids. […]

Roman Empire, 53BC: After the disastrous defeat at Carrhae, Roman tribune Valerius is captured at the far reaches of the Parthian Empire. Stranded beyond the edge of the known world, he swears he will find a way home. In Rome, Pompey and Caesar fight for control of a collapsing Republic. Civil war brews. Old loyalties […]

It’s Europe in the 1300s, and Gino, a young man living in rural Italy, leaves behind the familiarity of his family’s farm to seek a new life as an apprentice in an apothecary shop in Florence. But Gino’s dream quickly becomes a nightmare as relentless rain destroys crops in the countryside, leading to famine and […]

The only thing that gives her strength is the one thing no one must ever find out. Warsaw, 1941. The life of fifteen-year-old Hannah is ripped apart as she is forced to flee the only home she ever knew to save her life. After years of hunger and hardship, Hannah’s mother smuggles her out of […]

What is the cost of living life on your own terms? For a young woman on the American Frontier, the price can be high. Aislynn Maher trusted the wrong man. To conceal her disgrace, she abandons her job, her home, her family and friends. She turns to the raw, contentious US marshal of the Wyoming […]

Carver Harding grew up watching his father save lives with one hand and ruin them with the other. Once a respected frontier doctor, he was disgraced by opium and met a violent end. Carver swore he’d never follow in his footsteps. Six year later, he’s just a ranch hand. That’s how he wants it. No […]

“And I thought you were my savior in my darkest hour. How very wrong I was.” 1794: Devastated by the violent disappearance of her husband, Charles Sharpe, Eliza struggles to save Pleasant Hall from the hands of crooked creditors and the governor’s greed. In the aftermath of the attack, her husband’s enemies have branded him […]

Author Li Bo has drawn on his knowledge of East Asian civilization to transport readers to nineteenth-century China. There a massive civil war is tearing the Qing dynasty apart. At the heart of the rebellion is the mysterious Taiping Tienkuo, the Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace. The Heavenly Kingdom is the center for the Taipings, […]

Egypt, 1922. The Valley of the Kings hides more than tombs, it hides secrets worth killing for. Archaeologist Sahara Aldridge has spent her life chasing the past. But when a torn page from her mother’s journal surfaces, written just before her death and hinting at a forbidden discovery, Sahara is drawn into a mystery that […]