Octavius Everard, the wealthy Duke of Eccess, indulges in London’s most decadent offerings to escape the pain that haunts him, especially at Christmas. The richest food, the best cognac and the most beautiful women make the “happiest” time of the year a little more bearable. The one sin he has sworn to abstain from? Seducing […]

No one disappears without a trace… Don’t try to tell Victoria Sands that time heals all wounds. It doesn’t work that way for a woman who’s lost her husband the way she did. She was never able to say goodbye. Never able to arrange a memorial. Receive friends at the service. Write thank-you notes for […]

How far will she go to learn what happened to her parents? At fifteen, Jes has adjusted to moving without notice and never fitting in. Her adoptive parents insist she keep her past a secret from everyone they meet. Should she feel bad about the lies? It’s not like Jes remembers the night they found […]

Christmas is coming in Paris, Pennsylvania, and Sophie Dubois, Chamber of Commerce Promotions Director, is trying to work up enthusiasm for what is normally her season. Paris’s business isn’t exactly booming as much as it should be. Sophie loves her job, but she must come up with a plan to save it. Her new neighbor, […]

Sixteen-year-old Peter Greenfield didn’t want to go to Moscow. When his Foreign Service officer parents are called on an emergency mission to Russia, he is left with little choice but to get dragged along. The trip starts off with Red Square, the Kremlin and the sights of the city, what any tourist would expect. Then […]

One father’s desperate choice fractures time and reality itself. To everyone around him, Daniel Ward is a mild-mannered accountant, devoted husband and father in a quiet New England suburb. But when his ten-year-old son chases a runaway soccer ball into the street, straight into the path of a speeding truck, Daniel does the impossible. He […]

There’s no place like home for the holidays… As a Navy Rescue Swimmer, Mitzi Zahn is not the kind of woman to run from disaster. But after her brother is killed in action and her injured fiancé calls off their wedding, Mitzi accepts a transfer to her hometown recruiting station where she can heal her […]