Vivid and enthralling, "Island of the Doves "tells the story of two women in early nineteenth century America--one typical of her time, one extraordinary for it--who transform each other's lives.
Susannah Fraser lives in one of Buffalo's finest mansions, but her husband has made it a monstrous prison. When a mysterious woman offers to help her escape, Susannah boards a steamboat for Mackinac Island. But after being a dutiful daughter and obedient wife, it is only as she flees that she realizes how unprepared she is for freedom.
An exceptional woman of early America, Magdelaine Fonteneau has overcome convention to live a bold and adventurous life, achieving great wealth and power as a fur trader. But Magdelaine has also seen great tragedy and lost all that was dear to her, and she is no longer sure her hardened heart is capable of love.
Now, Magdelaine seeks redemption by offering safe harbor to Susannah. But as their friendship grows into something miraculous, it changes each woman in unexpected ways. Each needs to learn to love again, and only together can they realize a future bright with the promise of new life...

Rine Tyler is loving life and what's not to love? Her life is filled with beaches, bars, and backgammon - until she meets him. Living in the Virgin Islands, surrounded by gorgeous beaches, a steady stream of male companionship, an entourage of eclectic friends, and blessed with looks and a talent for backgammon when she needs money, life is great for Rine. Then he enters her life. Set in the 1980s amid the excesses of the decade and spanning several exotic locales, Rine tries to fend off demons from her past while being pursued by a mysterious British expatriate, the sexiest guy on the planet, and a Swedish hockey star at the pinnacle of his NHL career. Through desire and despair, Rine awaits the Green Flash. Part Jimmy Buffett meets the Great Gatsby, part Bridget Jones meets Less than Zero, Awaiting the Green Flash is a Caribbean vacation in a book

Rine Tyler is loving life and what's not to love? Her life is filled with beaches, bars, and backgammon - until she meets him. Living in the Virgin Islands, surrounded by gorgeous beaches, a steady stream of male companionship, an entourage of eclectic friends, and blessed with looks and a talent for backgammon when she needs money, life is great for Rine. Then he enters her life. Set in the 1980s amid the excesses of the decade and spanning several exotic locales, Rine tries to fend off demons from her past while being pursued by a mysterious British expatriate, the sexiest guy on the planet, and a Swedish hockey star at the pinnacle of his NHL career. Through desire and despair, Rine awaits the Green Flash. Part Jimmy Buffett meets the Great Gatsby, part Bridget Jones meets Less than Zero, Awaiting the Green Flash is a Caribbean vacation in a book

A richly imagined, remarkably written story of the woman who created "Little Women"- and how love changed her in ways she never expected.
Deftly mixing fact and fiction, Kelly O'Connor McNees returns to the summer of 1855, when vivacious Louisa May Alcott is twenty-two and bursting to free herself from family and societal constraints and do what she loves most. Stuck in small-town New Hampshire, she meets Joseph Singer, and as she opens her heart, Louisa finds herself torn between a love that takes her by surprise and her dream of independence as a writer in Boston. The choice she must make comes with a steep price that she will pay for the rest of her life.