However the advancing Japanese army soon leads to a mass evacuation of the island but, as Sylvie's family begins to board their ship, there is no sign of Sylvie. Somehow, in the confusion, Sylvie finds refuge with her governess, Virginia Chen. But neither Virginia nor her family believe they will escape the Japanese internment camps, where Virginia may have to pay the ultimate price for Sylvie's survival.For ten-year-old Sylvie Sambuck, Singapore seems a long way from the fighting of the Second World War. However the advancing Japanese army soon leads to a mass evacuation of the island but, as Sylvie's family begins to board their ship, there is no sign of Sylvie. Somehow, in the confusion, Sylvie finds refuge with her governess, Virginia Chen. But neither Virginia nor her family believe they will escape the Japanese internment camps, where Virginia may have to pay the ultimate price for Sylvie's survival.

    Wanting a chance at a new life, away from the pitying stares and loneliness of her life in England, she answers an ad as a mail order bride in America. Brooks is a gambling man, who wants revenge against his father's killer. His plans are complicated when Fiona lands in his lap after a winning hand. He doesn’t have time to be looking after a woman, especially one who should have known better than to come to a strange country on her own. But, somehow, she has become his problem. Will the final wager cost him his heart? BOOK 2: A Drifter’s Fortune - She needs to escape the brutality of the life she’s living, and he needs a wife to win a fortune… Patience has been raised by family who treat her as little more than a servant. After years of pain and abuse, she knows it’s time to get her and her younger brother to safety before it’s too late. She answers an ad looking for a mail order bride, knowing that whatever the future holds with a complete stranger, it could never be worse than what it is now. An eccentric man has left his beloved Last Chance Ranch to the first man who can find a woman to marry him. Problem is, it has to be a woman they’ve never met, and they have to get her to agree to come to the desolate ranch full of surprises, in the middle of nowhere, and stay for at least six months. The race is on to win the fortune. Harrison is determined to send the woman away after the term is up, paying her dearly for her time. He’s lived in the shadow of his family name long enough, and wants to create his own mark in the world. He doesn’t have time for anything else. But, when Patience shows up, his plans change as he realizes there might be more to life than earning a fortune. And, maybe the fortune he has in front of him is already worth more than he could have dreamed. BOOK 3: A Lawman’s Reward - Can he prove she’s worthy of the love he has to give? Lydia is ready for her fresh start as the teacher in the growing cowtown of Abilene, KS. Her brother isn’t happy about her living in town on her own, so only agrees if his friend—the local sheriff—is willing to keep an eye on her. Lewis Kinkaide has left a life behind, following his dreams of working as a lawman in the wildest town in the west. He agrees to keep his eye on Lydia, knowing it’s no hardship since he’s already had his eye on her for a long time. Can Lewis prove to her that her disability, which she believes leaves her with nothing to offer a man, is in her eyes only? And, what will happen when secrets from his past come forward, threatening to ruin the hope and trust they've started to build? BOOK 4: Jessie's Bargain (This book crosses over and continues into this series featuring the same characters you will meet in the first 3 books). Cora left England for a new life in America as a mail order bride - only to find the man she’s come to marry has been killed in a gunfight. She has a sister in Kansas, but how can she get there? Jesse needs this job driving cattle to Kansas so he can marry the woman who’s given him an ultimatum - buy land and settle down, or she’ll marry someone who will.

     The day her kitchen ceiling collapses on top of her, Patty’s life unravels. Whether a sign from above or plain bad luck, she has no idea. But her brush with death shakes her to her core. With no boyfriend, no plans, and no where to stay, she leaves her condemned home and heads to California wine country to be near Cece, her best friend, confidant, and quintessential voice of reason. A few days in the quiet small town of Clearwater will give her the comfort she needs to contemplate one of life’s most enduring questions: "What now?” But instead of quiet and comfort, Patty is met with even more troubles—Cece suffers a crisis of her own, a new friend ropes her into a demanding situation, and an enticing yet complicated man has her spinning toward romantic disaster. However, it’s the mysterious arrival of her younger sister that pushes Patty to the brink and forces her to question everything she thought she knew about her siblings and about the family that rejected her. Now, faced with a monumental decision, Patty has no choice but to gamble on the one person she trusts the least —herself.

    When a summons to Richmond threatens their newfound happiness, Somerset finds, despite her commitment to live in the present, the dark mysteries of the past are never far behind. At the Marsh, Myra Marshall is determined to forget Century Grove and relish the privileged life her family can provide. When a tragedy makes her question her place in the family, Myra finds herself undecided on matters of the heart as well. Joseph and Ivy Forrest are living the life they always hoped for at Orchard Rest plantation. When things begin to go awry, it's clear someone in the Grove is set on revenge, and everyone wonders if they can emerge unscathed from the maelstrom. Book #4 coming in 2017.

    But when she’s hired by a distractingly handsome single dad, who just so happens to be royal, she can’t believe her good fortune.On the surface, Bakr Al-Shalabi is a man who has everything – looks, money, a royal title, and an adorable baby daughter to boot. But it doesn’t take long for Liza to realize that life in the sheikh’s palace isn’t the fairy-tale she first thought it to be.There’s a divide between the sheikh and his daughter, and the mystery of what happened to Amia’s mother looms large.Even as they grow closer than no boss and employee ever should, Bakr continues to shut Liza out. Until one night in London, when everything changes…Soon, the nanny who never dreamed of having a family of her own realizes she’s in over her head. Because she’s pregnant, with the sheikh’s baby. And he’s perhaps the most reluctant father she ever met!

     When the German war machine rolled over the Netherlands in May 1940, Titia Wetselaar Bozuwa was an eight-year-old girl living in the southern city of Breda. She wrote about her family’s endurance of that five-year Occupation in her memoir, In the Shadow of the Cathedral. In Defiance, her first work of fiction, she pays tribute to the many who defied the German Occupation. Challenging the expectations of Dutch society, Anna Smits enrolls as a medical student at Utrecht University. But in a country occupied by Nazi Germany, student life is not what Anna expected. Social clubs are closed; Jews are forbidden from attending schools; and in 1943, students are ordered to sign a declaration of loyalty to the occupying German government. Anna and her seven closest friends—the Group of Eight—refuse to sign. Inspired by a sermon about the Good Samaritan—a sermon that got the minister thrown into prison—the Group of Eight vows to help the victims of Hitler’s brutal regime. They hide Jews and provide them with fake IDs; they keep desperately needed medicines out of the hands of the Nazis; they raise funds for orphaned Jewish children. But as the war drags on and the Nazis’ hold tightens, the Group of Eight shrinks. The few that remain defiantly resist the ever-onerous Occupying force. But how can they fight the lawlessness with which the Germans shoot first and don’t bother with questions? How can they fight the devastating Hunger Winter of 1945? Anna clings to her beliefs and mission, aided by her remarkable grandmother, Baroness van Haersolte, as the country waits for liberation. But will they all survive that long?

     In the midst of a deteriorating war in 1967 a senior CIA operative seeking to rearm the Mekong Delta’s anti-communist Buddhists in the hopes of transforming a failing military strategy is killed under mysterious circumstances. This changes everything for Navy Commander Michael Teague who was about to work with the Buddhists who’d been disarmed over a decade ago by Saigon. Within hours of the death of the CIA operative, Teague is recruited to lead the clandestine mission, code named The Third Force, knowing the secret operation to rearm the Buddhists is opposed by Saigon and MACV. By taking the assignment he accepts that it could cost him his career and might well trigger a major, bloody war-within-the-war in the jungles of the Mekong Delta. With the support of the powerful young female Buddhist leader, Thi Xam, the operation grows and spreads. It success triggers an explosive conflict between the CIA backed Buddhists and Saigon’s Special Forces who are supported by the American military command led by Colonel Stennride, to put an end to the Buddhist rebellion and continue with a strategy of body count.

    But instead of proposing, Daniel Jantzi tells her he must move north to work in the factories. If he doesn’t earn money quickly, his family will lose their farm. Although sad to see him go, Sadie understands, and they promise to stay close by writing.Sadie’s father is getting on in years and wants help around the farm. Having only daughters, he needs a strong, available son-in-law. He decides that Sadie must marry Aaron Mullet. Sadie is stunned by this demand, as arranged marriages simply aren’t done; yet, she finds herself forced into a courtship she has no interest in.Aaron devises a plan, but it involves deception and lying—something neither of them condone. But how else can Sadie keep her true love?

    Winter was coming quickly and in Minnesota, winters could be severe. What was the big rush? She wrote a letter to the governor of the state exposing the abuse at the orphan home but more importantly, the administrator was feeding poison to the infants. When she confronted the administrator with a copy of the letter, stabbing it to the top of his desk, and telling him she exchanged the nursery milk with his own, she had to leave immediately. She walked south for a hundred miles over several months when she became desperate to find a place to stay for the winter. She was told to avoid the Rex Morgan farm unless she wanted to be run off his land. As she left the town, it began to snow. An early winter storm turned into a blizzard. She was lost, cold, and hungry when she found a barn that had a bunkroom. Little did she know it was the very farm she was warned about.

    But the young man is reminded of his father’s counsel that “Whenever a task falls to you, don’t question the why of it, just get busy with the doin’ of it!” Now he must set aside his new job as Shotgun for the Overland Stage and gear up for the pursuit of a band of warrior renegades. A tall task for an unproven young man, but when none of the pilgrims believe in the cause, and the settlers of nearby LaPorte refuse to leave their homes unguarded, Talon realizes he must face this challenge alone. His commitment and determination lead to the making of a man and a bloody chase through the foothills of Colorado and the plains of the new territory. Along the way, he makes a bitter enemy of the Cheyenne war leader, Two Bears, who is determined to seek vengeance on this unknown white man and prove to his people that he is the chosen leader of the notorious Dog soldiers. But Talon is undaunted and even eager to show the renegade that this white man is more than his match. Follow the trail that takes a young man from the Cache La Poudre through intimidating country and back to the Overland Trail as he proves his worth as he rises to the challenge and the making of a man.

     ...The thrilling adult action-adventure sequel to The Young Lions. Robert Hamilton's story continues against the backdrop of a South Africa recovering from the tragedy of the Anglo-Boer War while the world teeters on the brink of an even greater disaster, the looming Great War.Drawn into this unfamiliar world of rebellion, intrigue and espionage, Robert finds love and then loses it in the greatest maritime disaster of the 20th Century.

    She’s happy to be back in Darius’ arms and spend time with her girl Draya after being confined. Things were starting to change, but her luck soon changes when she realizes that Carl isn’t through with her. Bodies start turning up dead, and not only is Tiffany in danger again but so is Darius, and anybody that comes in contact with her. Carl is beyond the point of stalking and won’t stop until Tiffany is dead. He is now out for blood and Tiffany soon finds out how sick and twisted her ex best friend truly is. Carl is so wicked that Tiffany wishes that she was back in jail or dead.

    However, now having run out of fuel and stuck, clueless, in the English Channel she begins to regret her decision.Fortunately, she is plucked from a serious situation relatively unscathed, and this is when she first meets Alex. He shepherds exhausted Caro to the comfort of his grandmother’s home on Guernsey.Caro’s ordeal is far from over. The port authorities have taken an interest in her vessel, and her boyfriend Craig’s arrival, like a rolling thunder, is imminent.Despite the seriousness of the situation, Caro gets to know the sincere but moody Alex better, and forms a strong bond with his wise grandmother who takes a shine to her.And she will need all the friends she can get when the truth about Craig comes out into the open. Once more in danger, Caro must find the strength to trust and love again.LIBERATION DAY is a standalone thriller that will appeal to readers of crime and romance. Pippa McCathie is the bestselling author of the mystery series that begins with MURDER IN THE VALLEYS, available on Kindle, paperback and in audio. LIBERATION DAY is set in Guernsey, where the author has lived for many years.

    Kadris and Kadrick are fraternal twin brothers and the sons of an infamous drug Lord that goes by the name of Kendrick. Practically being handed the keys to the city, the guys feel unstoppable until they meet Unique and Jewels. The two girls are in a league all of their own and like a moth to a flame, Kadris and Kadrick are captivated with them. Growing up with a bougie mother that sheltered her daughter, Unique couldn’t help but to grow up prissy and be green to the street life. But, when she links up with Kadrick she is introduced to a whole new world where she will have to learn how to stand on her own two feet. Jewels wants nothing more than to open up and give Kadris her all, but the strained relationship she has with her mother causes her to keep up a guard. A guard of this kind may even steer Kadris in another direction. When a chamber full of bullets are assigned to Kadris and Kadrick, Unique and Jewels are put to the ultimate test. Will they continue to hold their niggas down? Or, will they end up six feet under right next to their men?

    Bryan Hale and Bluebird Squadron fight on into the autumn of 1940, chasing down the new threat of ‘Jabo’ hit-and-run raids by bomb-laden enemy fighters over the capital’s rooftops.Bryan’s chance encounter in a London pub with Jenny, an acquaintance from his school-days, starts them both down the road to a relationship that neither wants or can afford. But the deadly perils of London’s Blitz ignite a passion that neither can resist.Bluebird Squadron rotates out of the front-line to Scotland. Bryan transfers to night-fighters, partly to sate his desire for combat, but also to stay close to Jenny.Struggling with fledgling radar technology, Bryan and his operator, Tommy Scott, eventually become calculating hunters of the night, stalking and slaying Nazi raiders in a chilling, deadly game of cat-and-mouse in England’s pitch-black winter skies.The stresses of combat, the loss of friends and the daily grind of mortal danger weigh ever more heavily. As the new year dawns on the battered, bohemian streets of the blitzed capital, Bryan’s life begins to fray and unravel.