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After her fiancé returns from the Klondike gold rush in 1897, Florence Harms sets about building a new life in her new marriage - even though the lingering effects of illness have left her weak and vulnerable. She and her young husband, Will, work tirelessly to clear the land around their Northwest cabin, content with their modest life. But then a stranger comes knocking and Florence suddenly senses a restlessness in Will's spirit that she had never seen before.

Cordelia Grace watched Bernard Howard, the love of her young life, go off to fight for our country in WWII. And she has spent the last three years creating the Pine Cone quilt that will grace their marriage bed when he comes home. Each row of triangles signifies a layer in her life, sets of memories, hopes, dreams, and prayers for her future, enough spoken words to cover them forever.

Maybelle can't sew. But when she finds an unfinished quilt in the attic of her mother's house, she gets the crazy idea to complete it. At first, it's just a way to fill the lonely nights while her husband, staff sergeant Holden Kanzinzki, is away fighting in World War II. Yet when Maybelle discovers that the quilt is made from scraps of material that can be traced back through her family heritage, the project is suddenly much more important.

When a band of runaway slaves brings Union-loyal Beth Bumgartner a wounded Confederate soldier named Joe, it is the catalyst that pushes her to defy her pacifist parents and become a nurse during the Battle of Antietam. Her mother's mysterious goodbye gift is filled with quilt blocks that bring comfort to Beth during the hard days and lonely nights, but as she sews each block, she realizes there is a hidden message of faith within the pattern that encourages and sustains her.

In 1775 Hayward Morgan, a young gentleman destined to inherit his father's estate in Derbyshire, England, captures the heart of the local vicar's daughter, Eliza Bloome. Her dark beauty and spirited ways are not enough to win him due to her station in life. Circumstances throw Eliza in Hayward's path, and they flee to America to escape the family conflicts. But as war looms, it's a temporary reprieve. Hayward joins the revolutionary forces, and what follows is a struggle for survival.

A tale of love won and love lost and the faith to find it again. From the banks of the Potomac to the misty moors of England, Darcy follows a path where the secrets of the past slowly rise to the surface in this dramatic saga that began in Before the Scarlet Dawn. She meets Ethan Brennan, an aspiring English horse breeder who embraces her independent spirit and marvels at the simplicity of her faith. Ethan and Darcy fall in love but are kept apart by a promise.

Dr. Sara Miles' teenage patient is on the brink of death from an overwhelming, highly resistant infection with Staph luciferus, known to doctors as "the killer". Only an experimental antibiotic, developed and administered by Sara's ex-husband, can save the girl's life. But potentially lethal effects from the drug send Sara and her colleague, Dr. Rip Pearson, on a hunt for hidden critical data that will let them reverse the effects before it's too late. What is the missing puzzle piece? And who is hiding it?

"E se il pittore Bosch fosse stato uno stregone che parlava delle opere di Dio per confondermi? Se, per assurdo, Isabella fosse stata sua complice, e non una vittima dei suoi incantamenti? E se io stesso fossi stato preda di qualche sostanza che mi rendeva schiavo delle sue azioni?". Siamo all'inizio del Cinquecento e Giovanni Ciocchi, ai tempi in cui narra questa storia, è ancora molto lontano dal giorno del 1550 in cui verrà eletto papa e prenderà il nome di Giulio III.

Une intrigue aux multiples rebondissements, avec Jésus et Ponce Pilate en son cœur, qui va entraîner un bouleversement fondamental dans l'histoire du monde. An 4 avant Jésus-Christ. Le cruel tyran Hérode le Grand meurt et le trône d'Israël est vacant. Deux de ses fils se disputent amèrement, mais une troisième personne aux projets mystérieux intervient.

Hiscoutine, 1370. Le bourreau Louis Ruest et sa jeune épouse Jehanne d’Augignac se sont installés dans leur existence de couple marié et s’efforcent, autant que possible, de s’y habituer. Si le partage de leur lit se fait aussi aisément que celui de leur toit, le partage d’idées et d’émois est pour ainsi dire inexistant. Sur le plan de la communication, Louis s’en tient au strict minimum. Il s’absente des jours durant pour se vouer à toutes sortes de travaux.

Paris, 1340. À sept ans, Louis Ruest, fils unique de l'un des boulangers les plus estimés de cette ville florissante, travaille avec beaucoup d'acharnement afin de pouvoir réaliser sa plus grande ambition, celle de devenir à son tour l'un des meilleurs boulangers de sa profession. Tourmenté et assoiffé d'amour, s'il s'efforce de faire ses preuves en dépit de ses écarts de conduite, Louis est surtout désireux d'être apprécié par Firmin, son père, qui s'obstine malheureusement à ne voir en lui qu'un indigne successeur.

Dans ce second tome de la série Le Maître des peines, qui en comptera trois, Louis Ruest, toujours exécuteur de la cité de Caen, découvre que sa vengeance contre son père, enfin assouvie, ne lui apporte pas la paix qu’il avait tant espérée. Au contraire, elle le laisse avec une impression de vide et une existence qui, selon lui, n’a plus aucun sens.

Carmen Díez de Rivera fue una mujer única. Hija de la marquesa de Llanzol, a los diecisiete años tuvo que renunciar a un amor prohibido. Esa herida profunda marcó el resto de su vida. Tuvo una gran relevancia en la Transición, fue jefa de Gabinete de la Presidencia del Gobierno durante el primer mandato de Adolfo Suárez e influyó decisivamente en la legalización del Partido Comunista. Antes de morir de cáncer dictó sus memorias, pero omitió numerosos detalles que han permanecido ocultos.

England, 1469. Der Konflikt zwischen den Häusern York und Lancaster scheint beigelegt zu sein. Doch im Geheimen schmiedet der Earl of Warwick, "der Königsmacher", Pläne für eine Rebellion, um jenen König zu stürzen, dem er zuvor auf den Thron verhalf: Edward IV. Um sein Ziel zu erreichen, setzt Warwick alles daran, ein bestimmtes Buch in die Finger zu bekommen, das beweist, dass Edward IV. ein Bastard ist.

England, 1462. Über ein Jahr liegt die Schlacht von Towton zurück, bei der 20.000 Yorkisten und Lancastrianer starben. So auch Thomas, Bogenschütze und Weggefährte von Katherine, die ihn schmerzlich vermisst. Doch als Katherine zu Unrecht des Mordes angeklagt wird und flüchtet, passiert das Unglaubliche: Sie trifft auf den Totgeglaubten! Thomas leidet unter Gedächtnisverlust, erkennt Katherine aber wieder.

Orphanus, der Einzigartige. Der bedeutendste Edelstein in der Reichskrone. Um kein anderes Juwel ranken sich so viele Legenden. Aus dem Blut und den Tränen der Jungfrau Maria soll er entstanden sein. Ein Zeichen göttlicher Legitimation soll er sein. Kaiser stehen und fallen mit diesem Stein. Und im Jahr 1208 verschwindet er. Ein aufregender Abenteuerroman rund um die Machtkämpfe der Staufer und den berühmtesten Dichter des Mittelalters: Walther von der Vogelweide.

Kloster St. Mary, England, 1460. In einer klirrend kalten Februarnacht kreuzen sich die Wege von Thomas und Katherine, einem Mönch und einer Nonne. Thomas rettet die junge Frau vor einer Schar Angreifer aus höchster Gefahr. Dabei verletzt er den Sohn des mächtigen Sir Riven schwer, der fortan auf Rache sinnt. Als Sir Riven und seine Männer ins Kloster einfallen, müssen Thomas und Katherine fliehen - und geraten mitten hinein in die blutigen Auseinandersetzungen der Häuser York und Lancaster, in die Rosenkriege, deren Ausgang sie schon bald mitbestimmen.

A Pandora's box opens when reporter Andy Carmichael, too light skinned for acceptance by blacks and too dark skinned for acceptance by whites, is sent to Georgia to interview Miss Penbrook, an icon of Southern literature. From her deathbed, the mysterious Miss Penbrook gives Andy journals that reveal a surprising twist - her story and his own meld into one.

All alone in the world, Shea Penbrook finds her ancestor, Jason Penbrook's diary and unearths a legacy in Georgia. Jonas Riley is sent to Georgia to cover the trial of a KKK member. Their worlds collide in the midst of murder, deceit, and mystery. Can love bloom, or will past histories and present betrayals destroy any chance of future happiness?

Since booze and prohibition have made criminals out of every man in her world, Laurie Burke resolves to find at least one honorable man to fill her life.