Set deep in the Yorkshire Dales, Diane Allen's A Child of the Dales is a sweeping novel of family, deceit, separation and love. Abandoned as a baby on the steps of a remote inn, Ruby Blake has been raised by the innkeeper's wife, Martha Metcalfe, unknowing of the family searching for her. One wild stormy night, Ruby is reunited with her long-lost father, who wants to whisk her away to Banksgill Farm for a happy life with her true family. Feeling betrayed by Martha, Ruby follows her father for the chance of a new life. However, Ruby is quickly outcast from her real family for being born of Romani blood by everyone but the charming stable hand, Tom Adams. Struck with loneliness in a village of people who find ways to make her miserable, she seeks friendship and love in Tom. As their relationship blossoms, Ruby is faced with the temptations of a handsome local miner, and when rumours begin to spread, Ruby feels more lost and confused than ever. With his long-lost daughter now safely under his wing, Reuben Blake is still desperately searching for Ruby's mother, and vows he will not rest until he finds his true love. With Rueben's mission leading him to the darkest corners of Brough Hill, his search shows only signs of heartbreak and despair. As neither father or daughter feel quite whole, will either finally find where they truly belong?

Blue Spring, last of the Senedo Indian tribe, and Dylan Jones, the Wolf Killer, are caught in the struggle between European conquerors and Native Americans in the land of Eighteenth Century Virginia. A massacre brings these two people of different worlds together, and they vow to build a life that spans their differences.

Will the struggle for land and power between the Colonial leaders of early Augusta, and the opposition of the Native Americans who live on the land, leave room for the dreams of thousands of Indians and settlers?

Join this lone survivor of massacre, meet the ones she comes to love, and share her life's journey "Through Buffalo Gap."

CLEOPATRA (1894) by the acclaimed German Egyptologist Georg Ebers is a grand and romantic historical drama of the life, love, and death of the fabled last female pharaoh of Egypt whose charisma was the stuff of legend.

In addition to his archeological achievements, including the discovery of an important Egyptian medical papyrus (referred to as the Ebers papyrus), Georg Ebers was a beloved storyteller of his time who popularized Egypt via his many historical novels, mixing romantic adventure with fact.

Translated from the German by Mary J. Safford.

Go back to where it all began with the third book in Sunday Times bestselling author Julia Quinn's dazzlingly witty Bridgerton prequel series, featuring the ancestors of the Bridgerton characters we all know and love. A generation before the Bridgertons, there were the Rokesbys . . .

She was in the wrong place . . .

Poppy Bridgerton may be fiercely independent and adventurous but even she was not prepared to be kidnapped by pirates from the Dorset coast!

He found her at the wrong time . . .

Despite his reputation as a rascal and reckless privateer, Captain Andrew James Rokesby is stunned to find Poppy tied up and waiting for him in his cabin.

Can two wrongs make the most perfect right?

Poppy has no idea that Andrew is actually the son of an earl, but when he learns that she is a Bridgerton, he knows he will likely have to wed her to avert a scandal. On the high seas, their war of words soon gives way to an intoxicating passion. But when Andrew's secrets are revealed, will his declaration of love be enough to capture her heart . . . ?

A wallflower And an elegant gentleman... Gauche Hazel Springfeld is reconciled to being left on the shelf. At a society ball, she is improbably asked to dance by charismatic Mr Lucas Darkwood. When she discovers it was all for a wager - he'll win a prize if he can turn her into marriage material - Hazel plans to get her own back! She'll frighten Lucas into thinking she really does expect that proposal - from him!

Shoshana is the daughter of Bella, a black house slave at Tanner Plantation. After Shoshana turned sixteen years of age, her owner, Eli Tanner, made arrangements to sell her to a neighbor plantation owner. His wife, Clara, a staunch abolitionist, makes arrangement for Shoshanna to be taken to Florida until the underground railroad opens up again, and she can get to Philadelphia, to freedom. Flying Eagle, a young Seminole warrior, steals her heart, and she happily settles into life with the Seminoles. Meantime, Eli has offered a large bounty for Shoshana's return. Whitey, a slave bounty hunter, and his partners kidnap Shoshana and take her back to the plantation in Georgia. In 1835, the Second Seminole War begins and after many heartbreaking years of death and hunger, Flying Eagle leads Seminole women, children, and old men deep into the Pahay-okee. (Florida Everglades). Chickees are built, and the women scratch for food much like the wild animals that share the harsh, wet wilderness. Their lives are hard, but they know it is the only way to survive and remain on their homeland. In Pahay-okee, the children would be safe and learn to laugh again. They could teach them to respect the Great Breath Giver's gift of earth, and they could hear the beat of the drums and dance. There, in the swamps of South Florida, where the white man was afraid to venture, they survived, and they never surrendered to the United States.

I'll See You in My Dreams tenderly recounts the story of Joe and Rose -- whose love for each other endured heartache and sorrow until their dying days and beyond. Set in Little Italy, Brooklyn, and Long Island, New York, this tale harkens back to a simpler day and time. Theirs is an absorbing and unforgettable love story beginning in 1927 and spanning almost 60 years. Divine intervention comes in the form of an angel visiting Joe when he is nine years old -- the first time he and Rose meet. Destiny calls, as does hardship, family upheaval, and the pain of lost youth. Salvation depends on Joe finding his angel one more time so that it can restore the couple's chance for long awaited -- and well deserved happiness.

Sarah Levin Cisneros returns from her honeymoon to face a quandary: should she continue school and pursue a career as an advocate of human rights, or should she relegate her life to being Charro Cisneros' wife, raise a family, and settle into the comforts of living as the matron of the gigantic Dos Encinos Ranch? Luisa, wife of Charro's partner, Carlos Resendez, encourages Sarah to do both. After graduation, Sarah becomes a contributing editor to the San Antonio Express newspaper. Her controversial articles, strongly flavored with women's rights issues, make Sarah a popular figure among women's rights activists and suffragists. In an effort to demonstrate to the people of Texas that women are capable of being more than mothers and homemakers, Sarah participates as a working vaquero on a perilous cattle drive. Childbirth burdens Sarah's already packed schedule of writing, speaking, and promoting the suffrage movement. But while she is away, a tragedy at home rekindles her dilemma. Guilt-ridden from her self-perceived negligence as a wife and mother, should Sarah continue her leadership role as a women's rights activist, or should she return to Dos Encinos to solely be Mrs.

Maria loved her life in Italy. She had wonderful parents, Giovanni, her doting husband, a brand new baby, and a successful farm. But it was an idyllic life that wouldn't last. Soon her parents were dead. High taxes and a poor return on their crops meant that they were unable to keep the land and farmhouse from foreclosure, so they decided they would move to America. He would go first, find a job and a home, and then he would send for her.In the two and a half years that she was to wait for her husband' call, Maria supports herself and young son by being La Scrittore (pron. "scree tor ay"); she would write and read letters for those who couldn't. Finally after years of waiting, she gets the letter from her husband that she has long been dreaming of. She is going to America.Maria, like many immigrants, came to America with big ideas full of hope for a new life with her family. What lay in store for her, however, was a life she could have never expected. With her husband getting deeper and deeper into the Mafia and extra marital affairs, Maria find herself more and more isolated in a land that was hostile to outsiders. Antonio, Giovanni's roommate and best friend, helps her through, but she ends up getting much more than she bargained for. In a time of strict Christian piety and marriages that didn't end, Maria would find hard choices to make. It takes a strong woman to survive in 19th century America Discover the real-life story of Maria, who immigrated to Newark, NJ's First Ward at the turn-of-the century looking for a life. What she ended up with would be far different from the dreams she had back in her native Italy. Her determination and perseverance carry her through, and make the rest of the family stronger.

"Evelina: Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance Into The World" (1778) by Frances Burney is a groundbreaking romantic satire and first novel, the classic story of an eighteenth century innocent young lady's first appearance in London society and the picaresque dangers that ensue.

Our heroine Evelina must navigate social engagements, resist scoundrels, and find true love in the form of the attractive and honorable Lord Orville.

This edition includes a new engaging introduction by Susan Franzblau.