ELLA CORRIGAN'S despair at being jilted pales in light of what follows after she makes the hasty decision to marry a man she has long avoided. Unaware that a friend's secret act of jealousy is responsible for her bitter heartache, she enters an existence never imagined during sweeter days as Mistress of her father's Savannah River plantation - where a mystery is building around the family's phenomenal natural spring, Corrigans' Pool. . . . The South is embroiled in a bloody Civil War by the time Ella discovers that Corrigans' Pool, on her family's property, is much more than the exquisite pond she had thought it to be all her life, but by the time she learns its dangerous secret, she is trapped by a secret of her own, blackmailed, and powerless against one man's unspeakable evil. Haunted by the threat of scandal, she struggles against the horrors of her new existence, an existence she must keep private even from the very people who could help her. Her life comes full circle when the past she has long blamed for her wretchedness steps unexpectedly out of the darkness to face her . . . FIVE STAR FOREWORD CLARION REVIEW (EXCERPT): Ryan's storytelling ability and masterful use of setting, dialogue, and characterization, adds up to an exquisite piece of historical fiction. Corrigans' Pool manages to blend romance, mystery, humor, and tragedy with flawless precision. The romance is moving but subtle, the mystery is suspenseful, and the story flows smoothly to a dramatic and satisfying conclusion. Readers are sure to be enthralled with this exceptional novel. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

At a scenic urban restaurant in Pennsylvania in December 2009, Annette waits for her husband to celebrate their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. In the meanwhile, an elderly couple prompts her to tell them her love tale. There is a flashback to August, 1984, in quaint Cape May, NJ. Annette is then a budding pharmaceutical representative in her mid-twenties and deeply involved with her longtime beau and neighbor, Jake, a former football hero turned ambitious entrepreneur. While spending a weekend with her family at their shore-front house, Annette encounters Grant, an outgoing lawyer who is vacationing at his favorite B & B. The two are compellingly drawn to each other and romance, but their fling is halted by Annette's love for Jake. Events quickly occur that alter the courses of the trio, and connections between them are discovered with shocking impacts. Each of them must face occupational and personal challenges while Annette sorts her lifelong feelings for Jake and her whirlwind passion for Grant. The story returns to 2009 with the arrival of Annette's husband and their reflection on the foundation of their union.

"The Sacred Path of Tears" is a journal written by a young Cheyenne Indian woman, nicknamed Mokee, during the Indian Wars in Kansas in the late 1860s. After Mokee and her companion observe the Sand Creek Massacre, they warn the other Indian camps along the Smoky Hill River. They take cover in a barn near Salina, Kansas, where they are discovered by a widow and her two sons. Mokee's companion leaves to join the fight against the white soldiers but hating war, Mokee, with her lighter coloring, gains a safe haven with the widow's family. She finds a mentor in the well-educated widow and embraces the opportunity to read and write English. As her life unfolds, Mokee is torn between two worlds at war and the two men she loves, one a white settler and the other her companion, who has become a Cheyenne Dog Soldier. Though war is her constant shadow, Mokee tries to find the purpose for her life and a path of peace in her war-torn world. "M.B. Tosi mixes history and fiction with believable characters and the result is a fascinating, enjoyable, and inspiring story."
- Jim Langford,
author of "The Spirit of Notre Dame"

Roger Bowler, aged twenty-one and from Oxford is a navigator on a Lancaster Bomber in WW2. He is sent to America to train as a pilot. Whilst there, he needs an operation. At the hospital, he meets Belinda, an eighteen-year-old nurse-aid. He jilts his English fiancee, Susan and marries Belinda. Due to health problems he fails to become a pilot and is sent back to the U.K. Belinda's uncle, a senator, pulls strings so she can join him. On the way to England her ship is torpedoed. IS BELINDA ABOUT TO DIE? WILL THE ENGLISH GIRL, AFTER ALL, GET ROGER WHOM SHE LOVES TO DISTRACTION?

Arriving in the United States in 1840, Hannah Hannigan dreams of making a better life for her and her family. In Hannah, The Journey Continues, she and her husband Seamus are faced with a series of tragedies. Yet, it is through perseverance and dogged determination Hannah rises above adversity, to fulfill her dreams. "Dearly beloved, we are gathered here to celebrate," Bishop Doheny looked out at the audience, then slowly continued, "with thanksgiving to God for the gift of life." "Thanksgiving? How can that be? What gift of life? . . . they are dead." She held her rosary. Mary F. Twitty was born in Chicago and attended DePaul University. She is a mother and grandmother. After retiring from the U.S. House of Representatives as a Special Assistant to two different Members of Congress, she now resides in South Florida. This is her fifth novel. The others are: Hannah's Journey; Selective Discretion; Ashley Visits Urchin Village; and, I, Jude. Hannah, The Journey Continues, is an odyssey about Hannah Hannigan and her Irish family immigrating to America in 1840. Hannah, a strong-willed, determined woman, and her husband Seamus, the gentle rock of the family, settles in Boston and become outstanding citizens and pillars of the community. Cholera strikes and more than 500 immigrants die, but through sheer tenacity Hannah obtains 160 acres for 80 families who survived. In every instance of conflict, she overcomes, but two she cannot, until a new life arrives. I will read it again for the pleasure of being a part of this family. Margaret Mary Cuthrell Poet and Memoirist In the great tradition of family sagas, Hannah, The Journey Continues, tells of the struggle of generations of immigrants to make a better life in the "new world." Hannah Hannigan, the stern matriarch of her family, carries a secret from her past she believes can destroy her and her family. Yet, Hannah builds on tragedy and adversity, to make a new life, and never leaves the rich traditions of her roots far behind. Mary F. Twitty has given us the perfect poetic blend of the old and the new, the values of a treasured past she skillfully weaves into the new life of Hannah and Seamus in the United States. Florence Fois, Author, The Third Eye Mystery Series

In the midst of fierce weather with a dusty Kalbaisakhi marauding its way toward her, Mohar finds peace. While the country was being ruled by the cruel British Empire, she and her family enjoyed a wealthy social status unlike most other Indian families. Yet her relentless attempts to lead a happy life lead her to a huge battle of riots, politics, and love. Though she is successful in sewing up her torn present, she realizes later how badly she was stuck in a prodigious chasm of her own past.

Based on extensive research of Cherokee traditions and myths, this mesmerizing historical novel tells of one young woman's quest to find her Cherokee roots. This is also her story of love and of her struggle to achieve her personal goals in the male-dominated society of the 1800's. Deborah Howell, an ambitious reporter, is seeking a human interest story. A captivating Cherokee matriarch tells her own heartwarming love story for the Raleigh newspaper. Deborah, born of mixed blood and raised as a white child, is filled with delight. In the presence of this elderly storyteller her need for her Cherokee family is awakened. She opens her heart and soul to her colleague, George Boone. After their marriage George tries to control her life. Tragedy drives them further apart, but with every crisis Deborah gains strength by returning to her Cherokee family. Finding her Cherokee roots is not the only heart-rending event in this saga. The shaman foretells that the Great Spirit will restore all that was taken away by the evil one. Deborah does not learn the meaning of this prophecy until 16 years later, after her husband's death. possible.

The Santa Fe Trail was full of adventure, prospect and romance. Thousands traveled the 800 miles in search of a better life. Seventeen year-old Clara Wilkinson and her father came to experience the American frontier in what was then under Mexican rule. Kidnapped by ruthless white slave traders, Clara did the unthinkable to survive and return to her father. Rescue came from Kayenta, the son of a Zuni chief, and her life was changed forever. Charlie Overton scouted for the wagon train to experience adventure only to find himself madly in love with the beautiful Lolita Rodriguez, a quest that would take him to the seaport of Barcelona Spain. These people had the spirit to win their hearts' desire.

In Long Island and New York City during the prosperous 1970s, life was good. It was a time of plenty-plenty of jobs, plenty of money, plenty of hope for all, and everything seemed right with the world. For Anna Maria Bellone, a vibrant college graduate from Long Island, it was also a time to begin her career with a prominent NYC insurance firm. It was not long before she met the captivating Andrew Moore, who quickly swept her into his life and his soul. They enjoyed everything their beautiful city had to offer-but the secrets he held close and the events of one fateful evening shook their relationship almost beyond repair. Was it possible that all they had shared and built together could be so easily destroyed in a matter of moments? Could romance end so swiftly, leaving only broken lives and bittersweet memories behind? Anna relied on her strength and the love that was born below the shadows of the Manhattan skyline. She prayed that her faith would help Andrew heal emotionally while she physically recovered from the night that forever changed them. But Andrew had a different idea. To save her further misery, he was convinced that if he put half a country between them, his plan would be successful. Could their love overcome the circumstances that tried to separate them? Was it possible for a love founded in the shadows to blossom in the sunshine of happily ever after?

"A beautiful maiden, longing for love ..."

Surrounded by happily married friends, twenty-year-old Elizabeth Hollingberry longs to find a loving husband of her own. Yet no man has been worthy of her hand, and her father has refused every potential suitor. Now, the King of England himself, Henry VIII, is interested in her marital status. "An ambitious man loyal to the king ..."

Gabriel Athelston has sacrificed much to become one of King Henry's most trusted men. His new commission will send him to Piffenview, a castle bordering England and Scotland, to protect the king's borders. But when the king orders him to marry Elizabeth Hollingberry and take her with him, Gabriel silently curses his bad luck. The last thing he wants-or needs-is a wife. "A passion they've never known ..."

Elizabeth, determined to escape her situation and her dismal future, runs away from her father's home, further cementing Gabriel's reluctance to marry. When the two finally meet, the attraction between them is unmistakable, and Elizabeth realizes this man may be the answer to her prayers. But dangerous forces are at work. When Elizabeth is poisoned and barely escapes with her life, Gabriel begins to uncover a deadly plot that could destroy his chance of happiness with a woman he can no longer live without.

Everything is a differentiation of itself; what has a front has a back, what has a back has a front and the bigger the front, the bigger the back. This certainly holds true in THEIR OWN ANAM CARA...A JOURNEY OF DESTINY, the first of the Anam Cara Trilogy. Sir Ailin Drummond and Sarah "Angel" Evangeline Hale, a direct descendant of Boadecia, Queen of the Iceni, in the 1600's in Scotland and Ireland are caught up in the turbulence of the times. They're faced with plantationists, dark and light magyk, pirates, druids and druidesses, clan battles, the whisky trade, and magical creatures. Through it all, they begin to learn what love, hate, loss, vengeance, hope, and faith can do to break or transform their lives.

"I am drawn to the concept of the Heldin family and your main character, Hilda, as she moves through life and faces different questions and experiences."
-Amy Gingerich, Editorial Director, "The Herald Press"

In the early 1900s, fourteen-year-old Hilda Heldin offers God a promise-she will give her heart to Jesus if He heals her ailing mother. But God does not make bargains.

Not long after Hilda's mother dies, her father, a Mennonite preacher and Minnesota farmer prays for a new wife. Worried that his three children need a mother, he pens a letter to Ukrainian schoolteacher Leah Loewen, a spinster he knows. Before long, they are married-even as Hilda and her younger sister still struggle with their grief. Hilda must meet the challenges of her Mennonite faith and life on the prairie, she finds the strength to endure weather catastrophes, world wars, birth, and death-all while maturing into adulthood and discovering her true identity.

"Heldin" tells an unforgettable tale of a brave woman's compelling, coming-of-age journey as she tries to come to terms with the faith that governs her life.

In Secrets at Bletchley Park by Margaret Dickinson, two young women from very different backgrounds meet in the Second World War and are plunged into a life where security and discretion are paramount. But both have secrets of their own to hide . . . In 1929, life for ten-year-old Mattie Price, born and raised in the back streets of Sheffield, is tough. With a petty thief for a father and a mother who turns to the bottle to cope with her husband's brutish ways, it is left to the young girl and her brother, Joe, to feed and care for their three younger siblings. But Mattie has others rooting for her too. The Spencer family, who live at the top of the same street, and Mattie's teachers recognize that the girl is clever beyond her years and they, and Joe, are determined that she shall have the opportunity in life she deserves. Victoria Hamilton, living in the opulence of London's Kensington, has all the material possessions that a young girl could want. But her mother, Grace, a widow from the Great War, is cold and distant, making no secret of the fact that she never wanted a child. Grace lives her life in the social whirl of upper-class society, leaving Victoria in the care of her governess and the servants. At eleven years old, Victoria is sent to boarding school where, for the first time in her young life, she is able to make friends of her own age. Mattie and Victoria are both set on a path that will bring them together at Bletchley Park in May 1940. An unlikely friendship between the two young women is born and together they will face the rest of the war keeping the nation's secrets and helping to win the fight. They can tell no one, not even their families, about their work or even where they are. But keeping secrets is second nature to both of them . . .