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As a time-crosser, Ally lives in two worlds. In 1849, in an attempt to secure her family's future during the California Gold Rush, she finds herself penniless and stranded in San Francisco. Forced to take shelter in a dangerous boardinghouse owned by an infamous gang member, Ally is desperate to escape. But when she discovers that history has changed around her, and it now claims she will do something unthinkable, she must use her time-crossing knowledge to find answers.

She answers to no one. He answers to a mistake that still haunts him. The river answers to neither. Belle Callahan has held her world together with rope-burned hands since she was seventeen years old. After burying her father — a skilled riverman undone by his own weakness — she took the helm of the only ferry crossing on the Yellowstone, paid off his debts, raised her younger brother and sister, and earned the respect of Providence Ridge one crossing at a time. She doesn’t need a partner. She doesn’t need rescuing. And she certainly does not need the quiet, impossibly steady ...

Esta es la única versión en español, original y autorizada, del libro “Kebra Nagast”, editado por el famoso erudito etíope, el profesor Lorenzo Mazzoni. El “Kebra Nagast”, antiguo texto etíope, es considerado un libro sagrado no solo en África, por los Cristianos Ortodoxos, sino también por los Rastafaris del Caribe y de todo el mundo, ya que documenta el linaje de los monarcas etíopes, afirmando que descienden directamente de la estirpe del Rey David, a la que pertenecía también Jesucristo. De hecho “Kebra Nagast” significa en amárico “La Gloria de los Reyes”, ...

California’s gold country, 1850. A time when men sold their souls for a bag of gold and women sold their bodies for a place to sleep. Angel expects nothing from men but betrayal. Sold into prostitution as a child, she survives by keeping her hatred alive. And what she hates most are the men who use her, leaving her empty and dead inside. Then she meets Michael Hosea, a man who seeks his Father’s heart in everything.

After a devastating loss, Hannah Wagner never imagined she’d leave her comfortable home for the harsh, unfamiliar wilderness near Lake Michigan. But when Henry Abernathy, a friend of her husband John, offers them a fresh start in a booming lumber town—where John’s skills as a doctor are sorely needed—Hannah reluctantly agrees. There, she meets Kate Abernathy, Henry’s spirited, much younger wife. Kate’s sharp tongue and outsider status have made her unwelcome among the town’s elite.

His pa named him Cain because his birth was a curse… but what happens when he’s the only one who can save the town? Anna Mae Harding never thought getting married would be so hard. It’s not that she hasn’t had any offers. On the contrary, it seems like someone is always asking her to be his wife. The trouble is, she up and fell in love with the wrong man years ago, and no matter how much she tries to forget him, no one else she’s met has measured up. Texas Ranger Cain Whitelaw is happy to leave the town where he grew up behind him forever.

In this World War II historical novel set during the harrowing siege of Leningrad, Daniil Aslanov, a docent at the Hermitage Museum, gives tours of empty frames. As the city starves, he battles a secret shame, while his grandfather—a persecuted Orthodox priest exiled to the Gulag—clings to faith. While bombs fall and starvation grips the city, Daniil Aslanov continues to lead tours of empty frames through the Hermitage Museum. Although the museum's masterpieces have been hidden away for safekeeping, their presence lingers in memory and meaning.

This heart-stirring tale of a young slave girl, torn between her love for a handsome aristocrat and her faith in God, transcends genres with its awe-inspiring power and emotional intensity.

Sixteen-year-old Lorena Leland’s dreams of a rich and fulfilling life as a writer are dashed when the stock market crashes in 1929. Seven years into the Great Depression, Rena’s banker father has retreated into the bottle, her sister is married to a lazy charlatan and gambler, and Rena is an unemployed newspaper reporter. Eager for any writing job, Rena accepts a position interviewing former slaves for the Federal Writers’ Project. There, she meets Frankie Washington, a 101-year-old woman whose honest yet tragic past captivates Rena.

The Ultimate Clean & Wholesome Mega Christmas Box Set from bestselling and Kindle All-Star authors Katie Wyatt, Kat Carson, Ellen Anderson, and Ada Oakley! Step into a world of faith, hope, and frontier courage in this extraordinary 32-book Christmas collection, featuring 8 complete Mail Order Bride series & Historical Christian Western Romance filled with sweet romance, heartfelt miracles, and the true meaning of love. Travel back to the 1800s American frontier—where life was hard, but hearts were strong, and faith was the light that guided every soul through the coldest winters. These ...

A USA TODAY bestselling novel! As Paris rebuilds in the aftermath of World War II, Kat Fontaine never expected the skills she learned in a French chateau kitchen to be the key that unlocks the secrets swirling in her new post-war life. "Balancing action-packed scenes with entertaining...

Addie Bryant is haunted by her past of heartbreak and betrayal. After her beau, Isaac Hanson, left the Yukon, she made a vow to wait for him. When she's sold to a brothel owner after the death of her father, Addie manages to escape with the hope that she can forever hide her past and the belief that she will never have the future she's always dreamed of. Years later, Addie has found peace in her new life as a photographer, training Camera Girls to operate and sell the Brownie camera. But during the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Expo in Seattle, Addie is reunited with Isaac.

Baltimore, 1828. Spinning. Turning flax to fine linen thread for her family’s weaving business keeps Betha’s hands occupied all day, but it’s the concerns spinning in her heart that never truly rest. How can she give her nephew Henry a secure, loving home when his father remains indifferent? How can she guide the boy who calls her “Ma” to know and follow the Lord for himself? And when past secrets and future changes collide, will she lose Henry altogether? Colm Gallagher is passionate about teaching boys using innovative educational methods.

THE WOMAN WHO BROKE THE WORLD. They were sent to a quarantined planet to save a species in collapse. She built clinics where mothers carried their sick children three miles in the heat to reach her. He built a forty-foot wall across the neck of a peninsula and checked the mortar every morning. The mission required three thousand years of patience. The children outside the wall were dying now. She had the cure in a cabinet ten feet away. The magistrate's office was closed. The authorization arrived on the morning the child died. A man appeared with data. Projections. A plan that didn't ...

When Aurelie Harcourt's father dies in debtor's prison, he leaves her just two things: his wealthy family, whom she has never met, and his famous pen name, Nathaniel Droll. Her new family greets her with apathy and even resentment. Only the quiet houseguest, Silas Rotherham, welcomes her company. When Aurelie decides to complete her father's unfinished serial novel, she must keep her identity as Nathaniel Droll hidden while searching for the truth about her mother's disappearance - and perhaps even her father's death.

Nervous about meeting her fiancé for the first time, Ellie Spritzer’s lifelong hope of finding love is about to end—or rather, begin. She never imagined her quest for love would take her to the other side of the country with all eight of her siblings in tow, but after her mother dies unexpectedly, what choice does she have? At least the man she’s been writing for the past year is still willing to marry her and take in her siblings… or so she thinks until she arrives in the dusty town of Twin Rivers, Texas.

Sometimes the most unlikely matches are heaven-sent. Sometimes broken people make the most beautiful love stories. A strong-willed woman and a remorseful earl are drawn into a courtship neither expected—where danger tests their trust, and grace offers a chance at love. She thought she could protect herself … After three unsuccessful Seasons, Miss Sophia Hayward has decided marriage is not for her. But when she overhears a scheme to force her into a perilous match, her future becomes a bid for survival. With nowhere to turn, she must seek help from the last man she ever imagined trusting...

Un secreto fue soltado de sopetón por la abuela de Ligia: tu trastatarabuelo fue un alto jerarca de la Iglesia que embarazó a una joven Josefa, tu trastatarabuela. El escándalo fue tal, que Josefa tuvo que mudarse de España a Nicaragua. Ligia tomó a esa bestia de rumores y la transformó en una obra de ficción. Aquí hay de todo: reflexiones sobre el abuso, celos, confusión, muerte, pero a la vez, alegría, ganas de vivir, amor, solidaridad. Ligia presenta la condición humana con sus paradojas, contradicciones, revanchas.

She needs to learn how to flirt. He needs to forget she exists. Then she asks him for help finding a husband… What could possibly go wrong? Charlotte Westin has always been more comfortable in a saddle than a ballroom. That wouldn’t be a problem, except her father owns the largest ranch in Texas—and he insists she marry a wealthy city-slicker worthy of a cattle baron’s daughter. There might be someone out there who’d love her for who she is instead of her money, but she’s been fooled by a sweet talker before, and her family is still suffering because of it.

As a Roman trader grieves over a lost slave woman, he begins to learn about the faith that gave her enough strength to face death.