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Canada, 1837. Widower James Kinney knows his precocious daughter, Evie, needs more than his lessons on law and logic, but Toronto offers few options. Classes with the neighbor children seem ideal until James discovers Evie is secretly spending her time with Sara O’Connor, a kind and mysteriously educated servant. For propriety’s sake, James forbids their friendship. But then Evie falls victim to the illness ravaging the city, and James must call upon Sara’s medical knowledge and her special bond with Evie to save his daughter’s life.

After 15 years, James Harper returns to his high school reunion. In his hand, he carries a letter he never sent to Ruby Sullivan. Beneath the old oak tree where he once sketched the sound of her laughter, James confronts a past filled with love and unspoken regrets. And when he sees the girl from his youth again, he realizes that nothing remains as it once did in his dreams. Struggling with his own cowardice, James learns to let go of the boy who loved in silence and finds the courage to embrace the man he can become.

He is a handsome lord - and a secret agent for the Crown. Charlotte Kensington is a regency salon hostess. And all is not as it seems in this tale of secrets, love, and loyalty on the eve of the Battle of Waterloo. Ideas are sparks of fire. They ignite flames of discovery. No topic is off limits in Charlotte's London salon. Indeed, guests must debate and defend their ideas with wit, prowess, and pleasant conversation.