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From award-winning author, Diane Wylie, comes a new Civil War romance... After the deaths of their parents, Christine and Francine Lawson are left homeless and destitute. Young single ladies with no salable skills have few options in 1863 Philadelphia. They had been raised as respectable ladies, and neither sister is willing to become a lady of the night. As luck would have it, the Union Army is recruiting in town. Food, clothing, and medical care would be free, and you get paid. All you needed to do was to be an able-bodied man... Ryan Bishop and Eli Moore signed up with the Twenty-Eighth ...

Celeste Macallister is not having a good year. She's been jilted at the altar and laid off from her job. The one, slightly tarnished, bright spot is the old art deco theater in Scotland, The Roxy, left to her by her Aunt Nora. On the advice of her old friend, Harry Cameron, she decides to hire Matthew Stewart, the famous stage magician, to keep the theater alive. It’s a good idea…at first. Harry, who was once a magician himself, gives Matt a treasure that’s been hidden in the Roxy’s attic for many years. An amulet long rumored to have magical abilities, the Triquetra piques the ...

In this well-received two-book bundle, step back to a time when America was under siege and honor was everything. Jenny’s Passion: David Reynolds joined the cavalry out of a sense of duty and adventure. As he rides into battle at Mine Run he has no idea his life is about to change forever. The forbidden Yankee attracts Jennifer Winston like no other. She would do anything to save him…even kill. Lila’s Vow: Schoolteacher Lila Sutton finds her one true love when cavalryman Captain Jack Montgomery rides into Gettysburg. But their promises to be together mean nothing to the enemy, and ...

Master of disguise, Adam Skelding, is a Pinkerton agent on assignment. His mission: Find the missing gold and stop the secretive Knights of the Golden Circle before they gain power and reignite the Civil War. The future of the country depends upon it. All Marilla Logan wanted was a way to escape from her life as a tavern wench. A dark stranger who breaks into her room offers her only chance. Swept up into a life of intrigue, she becomes ensnared in a tangled web of clues, danger, and emotion to break the code. Written in the same theme as Dan Brown's "DaVinci Code", ADAM'S TREASURE is sure ...

Romantic Times Reviews magazine says about Secrets and Sacrifices, "The research is meticulous, and a grand cast of characters leaps off the page. This is one for the keeper shelf." Charlie is a crack sharpshooter for the Twenty-Fifth Virginia infantry. But Charlie has secrets…big secrets that could lead to heartbreak or even death. The slowly starving South, lack of medical supplies, and desperate runaway slaves motivate Charlie and Daniel to take risks beyond their wildest imaginations. How could they possibly know that their paths would cross during the worst time in their lives and ...

The exciting sequel to Sisters in the Civil War Christine Lawson considered herself lucky. She had survived a year fighting for the Union Army in the guise of a man, and now she had a chance to join the newly formed U.S. Balloon Corps … a chance to fly … if her secret is not discovered. Corporal Ryan Bishop had ambitious plans to rise through the ranks of the Federal Army. Everything would have been proceeding as planned if it were not for the presence of one young woman impersonating a man and infiltrating his dreams.

Who is stealing dead bodies … and why? Emma Carter is struggling to follow her dream. A simple country girl from Georgia, she is learning to live and study in the bustling 1890s city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. But women medical students like Emma face many challenges and obstacles unknown to their male counterparts. Will people ever accept a female doctor? As a sexton, Michael Sheppard’s duties include assisting with burials and maintaining Saint Mark’s church and cemetery. When grave robbers disrupt the peaceful slumber of the deceased and sell them to area medical schools for ...

Finlay Graham lived in the shadow of his older brother for most of his life. Then, the destruction of their home at Dunnottar Castle forces Fin and his family to leave the life they knew. As the falconers of Dunnottar flee the lowlands to protect the ancient regalia of the Scottish kings, Fin finds himself alone and running for his life in the Highlands. In the rugged Highlands of Scotland, Kelsi Davidson has done a great job running her sheep farm without a man for several years. Kelsi and her young daughter, Coleen, also have a passion for rescuing orphaned and injured wildlife. When an ...

It was November 1863, and Captain David Reynolds of the Seventeenth Pennsylvania Cavalry was fully prepared to die. Someone had once told him that dying was quite painless. He didn’t believe it, though he secretly hoped it was true as he and his men prepared to ride into chaos and horror. The battle of Mine Run had begun. Jennifer Winston could hear the booming sounds of cannon fire miles away from her Virginia home. She knew that the war had begun two years ago but had been insulated from it all by her father. Little did she know that her life was about to irrevocably change, and she ...

Ruby Elliott had the perfect life. Her husband, the rich and famous Illusionist, took her with him around the world and let her show off her trick birds on stage with him. Their young son had a chance to visit all kinds of exotic countries. What woman of 1889 could ask for more? It was a woman’s place to stand beside her handsome husband, right? Then a chance encounter with an old woman and a cursed relic gives her husband REAL magic and sends their life spinning out of control. Find out how the magic begins in this seven chapter story of Ruby and Stephen Elliott, PRELUDE TO MAGIC: THE ...

First place winner in the 2017 Chanticleer Chatelaine Book Awards for Women's Fiction and Romantic Fiction (under former title MAGIC OF THE PENTACLE) Psychiatrist, Dr. Juliana Nelson deals with her patients’ issues every day, but the secrets revealed by magician Richard Blackstone have Juliana questioning her judgment and losing her heart. Richard’s eternal playboy lifestyle suited him just fine until he meets Juliana. Now he must face the truth of his long ago past and trust her with his most powerful secret–one that could separate them forever.

Illusionist Stephen Elliott performs dazzling magic feats to crowded theaters around the world. Then a chance encounter with an old woman and a cursed relic send his perfect life spinning out of control. He ends up cursed, on the run, and…immortal. From her seat in the twenty-second row, Anabel Bernier recognizes with a jolt the handsome star of the magic show. World War II and the passage of time did nothing to dim the burning memory of her moonlight encounter with the charming Stephen Elliott. Will unexplained events, secrets, and powerful magic threaten their second chance at a future ...

Isobel Graham has always been different. As a Scottish lassie living high on the forbidding cliffs of the medieval Dunnottar Castle and training fierce predatory birds to do her bidding, Isobel has never had time for romantic notions...until she meets Derek Sinclair. Although he was raised in Scotland, Derek Sinclair is an Englishman. He makes his living as an English soldier. Ordered to attack and kill his former countrymen, he finds himself injured and the only survivor of a skirmish with Dunnottar men-at-arms. Now, he must become a Scotsman or die. In this exciting sequel to BESIEGED, ...

High on the craggy cliffs of the medieval Dunnottar Castle live those who train predators to obey their commands. Falconers like Rabbie Graham have tamed the wild peregrine falcons to hunt for decades, but the hunter becomes the prey when the enemy arrives at the gate. Catriona Dunn is the baker's daughter, just one of many people who come and go in the castle. When the dashing figure of the falconer and his majestic bird catch her eye, she is intrigued. A chance encounter brings them together one night, changing their lives forever. United by a cause, the falconers of Dunnottar must fight ...

COFFEE TIME REVIEWERS RECOMMEND AWARD LONG AND SHORT REVIEWS BEST BOOK OF THE WEEK Schoolteacher Lila Sutton finds her one true love when cavalryman Captain Jack Montgomery rides into Gettysburg. But their promises to be together mean nothing to the enemy, and when Lila receives word of Jack's death, she wants revenge. Imprisoned and desolate, Jack's only thoughts are of the love he left behind. With a future filled with turmoil and uncertainty, he can't see a way out. But he's a solider, and soldiers don't give up. In the midst of a brutal war, can a shattered love be restored?

When Meghan Somerset moves to a small town in Pennsylvania all she wants is to build a new life and put her past behind her. In a stroke of fate, she is drawn to a man whose ambitions embody her worst nightmare—he is an outlaw racer. Kevin Richards, the son of a farming family, is a weekend sprint car driver whose greatest desire is to become a professional auto racer. But all of the cards seem stacked against him when a string of suspicious accidents threaten his life and the lives of everyone around him.