The cup of happiness seemed dashed from Meg Morris's lips forever when the young heiress learned that the man she adored was more interested in her money than in her. Meg fled the scene of this betrayal -- to a place where no one knew about her a...
A semi-fictional account of the slave uprising in 1733-34 on the Danish West Indies island of St. Jan, reconstructing the island's ways of life, the actions of planters and Africans, and the uprising's outcome...
Beautiful young Honor Sinclair's fiance, Jim, had been working abroad for three years when an unexpected inheritance enabled her to join him. But en route she met Brett Lavenham -- handsome, charming...and married. She never dreamed that in their...
First published in 1914, The Wisdom of Father Brown is the second of G. K. Chesterton’s mystery anthologies featuring his eponymous Roman Catholic sleuth. These mysteries are the original source material for the current hit BBC TV show Father Brown...
THE BOY NEXT DOOR After discovering him during a six-second spot on television, George Stable's agent devises a plan to launch George's music career as the hot new "Boy Next Door." Unfortunately, his dad has other plans for the summer, and George is ...
Echoes of Fear. Storm Haven was such a peaceful, safe-sounding place, yet Count Rienzi's castle was anything but a haven. From the day lovely, young Megan Wentworth arrived at the castle with her employer Adam Lester, his nephew -- handsome and atte...
A Hand of Hearts. Pretty young Janet Frazier just didn't stand a chance when fate dealt her the cards in a game of love. What should have been a restful trip to the Hawaiian Islands to supervise an art show suddenly became a romantic nightmare. A...
When Kyrik -- warlock warrior -- finds a dying man and a bloody parchment map, he is drawn into a whirlwind of evil in which demon lords contend for all Terra. With Myrnis, his gypsy sweetheart, and the aid of the thief pack, he brings five ancient m...
From the ghettos of New York to the glittering hills of San Francisco, this is the tempestuous novel of a family you'll never forget. DAVID--who destroyed his past to live a life of power and glory. KATIE--who lived with her past, whose memorie...
Miss Gillian Spencer was faced with quite a challenge. Impossible was the word she gave it, but her ever-hopeful employer, the Viscount Sherbourne, would hear none of that. The facts were that the Viscount hadn't a farthing at his command, and his ...
THIS WAS BRICKTOP... ... bastard offspring of an octoroon wench and a passing stranger. In New Orleans they called him Jeff Carson. No one there suspected that this handsome, redhaired young rogue with the beguiling smile was a runaway black. ...
The Killer Played No Favorites The first victim was a priest without an enemy. He left behind not a clue to his killer. The second victim was a monster of a man who spread hate wherever he went. He left behind only too many suspects. The third...
"A thunderbolt, full of lightning and excitement, one you won't put down until its last extraordinary page." --The Japan TimesThe violence of twelfth-century Japan explodes in this half-legendary, half-true story of a violent man who becomes a folk h...
They were to “Forsytes” of London’s East End -- fiercely proud of their working-class heritage, devoted to their family dynasty and the street they adored and called home. But times changed during the first half of this century -- the young ...
Disarmingly personal and intensely philosophical, Report to Greco is a fictionalized account of Greek philosopher and writer Nikos Kazantzakis’s own life, a sort of intellectual autobiography that leads readers through his wide-ranging observations...
INNOCENCE BETRAYED Marilyn Bannon ventures into the wilds of the lush Amazon to claim her father's rubber plantation. While voyaging up the treacherous river she meets and is entranced by the exotic, charming, enigmatic Sebastian Rivera. As excite...
Hilary Burde, saved by education from a delinquent childhood, cheated of Oxford by a tragic love tangle, cherishes his obsessive guilt and disappointment in a dull, orderly civil service job. When the man whom he has harmed and betrayed reappears ...
They Possessed the Knowledge He Sought.... But first Sander had to find them. The Before People. The few who had survived earth's devastation. If he reached them, he could learn the legendary skills that would set him apart, make him powerful. ...
This is the story of Peep-Sight, a Gambel's quail who came to live with the Plummer Family in Nevada. He captured their hearts and he will capture yours. It describes the sensitive care one should take in adopting a wild creature and the rich rewards...
AN EXQUISITE MYSTERY OF LOVE AND EVIL Elizabeth was a woman apart from all others of the Scottish Highlands - her beauty spoke of delicate heather and dark moors; her intelligence guided her family's weaving mill to success and wealth; and her cla...
In The Last of the Wine, two young Athenians, Alexias and Lysis, compete in the palaestra, journey to the Olympic games, fight in the wars against Sparta, and study under Socrates. As their relationship develops, Renault expertly conveys Greek cultur...
The bed was neatly made, and the woman on top neatly strangled.According to all accounts, Angela Hathall was deeply in love with her husband and far too paranoid to invite an unknown person into their home. So who managed to gain entry and strangle h...
The problem with being a spy is that you have to make friends with the enemy. Dray Prescot, Earthman, who had become prince of Vallia, was the kind of man who always stood by his friends. So in his quest to learn the war secrets of Hamal, empire of t...
A clerk at the State Bank begins to notice that something strange is going on and money is disappearing. Meanwhile, he gets a couple guinea pigs, and at night, our hero begins to conduct experiments with the pets, teaching them tricks, testing their ...