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Docia Ingalls was more than just the little sister of Charles "Pa" Ingalls from the Little House books. She was a spirited, fiercely independent, passionate woman, who experienced love, heartbreak, hard work, trials, and tribulations, but kept on going. She was a true pioneer woman from the hardy stock that filled the Ingalls family. A romantic, loving and naive young woman, she married twice, divorced once and birthed and raised nine children all the while doing the best she could with what she had. Married to an alcoholic whom she loved despite his faults, Docia carried her family and ...

Fourteen-year-old Elenka Wilmot has always felt different in her privileged Nazi household—her dark hair and olive skin a stark contrast to her blonde, blue-eyed parents. But when her dying mother reveals a devastating secret, Elenka's world shatters: she is not German at all, but a Jewish child, secretly adopted after her parents' own baby died at birth. Now living a dangerous lie in the heart of the Third Reich, Elenka must navigate a world where her very existence is a crime. When she discovers Jakob, a Jewish boy hiding in her family's barn, their forbidden love becomes a beacon of ...

Two worlds collide aboard the ship of dreams When nineteen-year-old Elizabeth Pembrooke boards the RMS Titanic in Southampton, she's trapped in a gilded cage of social expectations, destined for a life of ornamental respectability. In the ship's third-class quarters, Irish immigrant Siobhan "Vonnie" O'Malley travels toward an uncertain future in America, carrying nothing but hope and her beautiful voice. A chance encounter during an evening of forbidden dancing breaks through the rigid class barriers that divide their worlds. As their unlikely friendship deepens, both young women begin to ...

The Vietnam War is raging, hippies are protesting, people are turning on and dropping out. And seventeen year old Benny Allen is smack dab in the middle of it. Self proclaimed King of the Nerds at Teeterville High, Benny spends his days with his band of misfit friends, dodging bullies, chasing girls, questioning his faith and striving to lose his virginity. Standing in his way are his domineering, verbally abusive father, his angry wounded Vietnam Vet older brother, and his newly feminist go-go boot wearing mother. Will Benny overcome all of these obstacles and more while surviving one ...

Empress Isle, 1921: A serene jewel in Michigan, now slightly tarnished by a string of rather inconvenient deaths. Fortunately, the island also boasts the spirited Miss Cass Kelly, a young woman whose fascination with puzzling matters rivals her deep admiration for the ingenious fictional detective, Mary Kincaid. Cass has devoured every one of Mary's captivating cases and is quite certain she's absorbed some of that deductive brilliance. Now, with a genuine mystery blossoming right in her backyard, Cass is eager to trade her novels for real-life intrigue. She's prepared to hunt for clues and...

When Lucy Winters inherits her great-aunt's fudge shop on charming Mackinac Island, she expects a quiet summer of candy-making and tourist watching. What she doesn't expect is a double murder, a judgmental orange cat named Felix, and two very different men vying for her attention. Fresh from a corporate marketing job and a messy breakup in Chicago, Lucy is determined to prove she can run Mabel's Marvelous Fudge—even if she can barely tell a candy thermometer from a tire gauge. With help from her quirky teenage employees and the island's self-appointed Fudgeamentals committee (a group of ...

In the picture-perfect town of Smith Falls, where white picket fences gleam in the morning sun and everyone knows your business before you do, life is about to get deliciously complicated. Carolyn Whitaker runs the Homeowners Association with an iron fist in a cashmere glove, obsessively documenting violations with her ever-present clipboard and keeping tabs on her husband Chase, who occupies the mayor's office—when he's not secretly occupying Sissy Franklin's bedroom. Chase, whose collar frequently bears the telltale smudges of Sissy's signature ruby-red lipstick, somehow believes his ...