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It is 1941, and America teeters on the brink of war. Outgoing naval officer Ensign Jim Avery escorts British convoys across the North Atlantic in a brand-new destroyer, the USS Atwood. Back on shore, Boston Navy Yard secretary Mary Stirling does her work quietly and efficiently, happy to be out of the limelight.

'A thrilling, immersive and beautifully written historical novel that will resonate long after the last page is turned. Highly recommended' MARIUS GABRIEL 'Taut, compelling and beautifully written – I loved it!’ DAISY WOOD The Enemy's Wife, Book 2 in the series, is available to order now! 'I...

Lily Fairfax is drowning in grief and mourning the man she once loved when she finds herself tangled in a web of danger. She has no choice but to lean on a hired hand she barely knows for protection, though she vows she won't open her heart to love again.

For plucky Lillian Avery, America's entry into World War II means a chance to prove herself as a pharmacist in Boston. The challenges of her new job energize her. But society boy Ensign Archer Vandenberg's attentions only annoy-even if he is her brother's best friend.

When fun-loving glamour girl Quintessa Beaumont learns that the Navy has established the WAVES program for women, she enlists, determined to throw off her frivolous ways and contribute to the war effort. No-nonsense Lieutenant Dan Avery, hoping to make admiral, has been using his skills to fight German U-boats. The last thing he wants to see on his radar is a girl like Tess....

«Макар Чудра» — один из самых сильных ранних рассказов Максима Горького, философская притча о свободе, гордости, любви и несгибаемом духе странника...

Explore the mystery and the romance of the Revolutionary War as a young lighthouse keeper navigates the dangerous waters of revolution and one man’s obsession with her to find safe harbor with the sea captain she loves. Hannah Thomas believes she’s escaped Galen Wright’s evil intentions by...

Author Carol Umberger combines her love of history, romance, and God in a quartet of powerful stories set in 14th-century Scotland during the reign of Robert the Bruce, Scotland's great hero king...

Irlanda, 1846. Kathleen y Michael se aman y planean en secreto abandonar su tierra natal, la humilde y hambrienta Irlanda, en busca de una vida mejor en el Nuevo Mundo. Pero todos sus sueños se ven truncados cuando Michael es condenado como rebelde y desterrado a Australia.

Nueva Zelanda, 1875. Lizzie y Michael Drury han cumplido el sueño de tener una granja de ovejas, y ante ellos parece abrirse un futuro prometedor. Pero su vida se descontrola de repente cuando su hija mayor, Matariki, es secuestrada por un líder maorí. Mientras Michael hace todo lo posible por recuperar a su hija, en la familia Burton un acontecimiento sorprendente llena de alegría a Kathleen: su hijo Colin vuelve a Nueva Zelanda. Sin embargo, nadie sospecha las consecuencias de este regreso...