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Pizza for Two is Piers' journey. How tragedy transforms a somewhat dissolute youth into a responsible man when Nicole hires him as a delivery person for the flagging pizzeria she runs. Piers' privileged background has not prepared him to live with no job, hunger and the specter of living on the street. Nicole, who has secrets of her own, is desperate to find a worker and hires Piers deliberately not asking for references. While Piers takes on the task of developing a successful business, Nicole's heart leads her on the rocky road of love.

A murder mystery set in Halifax, Nova Scotia during the Second World War. Halifax is struggling with the new demands placed on the city as, once again, it gears up to be the leading demarcation point for men and materials to support the war effort against the Nazis. Among the many new pressures that the police have to contend with, they are now faced with a murder. As Detective John Robichaud begins his investigation into two murders, he soon comes into contact with the city's growing criminal activities such as, bootlegging, prostitution, black marketeering.

Fascinated by the Legend of the Cornwallis Ghost, Becca sneaks into a military base to see the ghost's tombstone. When she finds and follows a secret tunnel to the Officers' Mess, Becca meets a living and breathing Eve, the betrayed young woman who hanged herself and haunts Cornwallis. Trapped in the past with Eve in the days leading up to her tragic death, Becca becomes Rebecca, a woman devastated by a shattering loss and failing marriage. Can Becca unravel the past to give Rebecca and Eve a second chance, and escape with her heart and future intact?

Charlie Cannon's love of history has led to a very successful writing career. Research for his next book has brought him to Stone, South Dakota, where he hopes to find a topic worthy of best seller status. Jacy Douglas's ancestors homesteaded near Stone almost one hundred forty years ago, but now a national conglomerate wants her Gram's land to build a western theme amusement park and resort. Unless Jacy can find the original deed to the land, and determine whether a long-dead relative was an outlaw, the Circle B ranch will be lost.

Northern Soldiers killed Liam's parents and left the half white, half Chinese boy for dead. The feared Quantrill's raiders, rescued him to fight for the racially intolerant south. To hide his Chinese roots, he changed his name and posed as an Indian scout. After the war, all Quantrill's men were to be rounded up and hung so he joined a horse drive to Canada. Someone among the Chinese miners murdered the tax collector pitting the Chinese against the white community. Kola is forced to decide which side he will support.

When Lady Olivia Darnley is seemingly abandoned by her mother, she accepts the assistance of a stranger, Lady Skeffington, who offers her a position as a companion, much to her son's dismay. Lord Peter Skeffington is not at all pleased that his mother has chosen to not only take Lady Olivia under her wing, but her dog, too. Despite his reservations, he finds in Olivia a shared interest in books and begins to look for her daily until he faces the uncomfortable realization that he is in love with her.

Since the day her oldest sister entered society, Lady Elizabeth, the Earl of Saunton's sister, imagined the pleasures of her first London Season, during which she expected to meet her future husband. Unfortunately, when she is old enough to make her debut, no member of her immediate family is available to chaperone her in London, so she accepts her Great-Aunt Augusta's offer to bring her out in Cheltenham. Elizabeth looks forward to living at Augusta's grand house near the lively, popular town where people drink mineral water at pump houses and enjoy the social life.

A frail old man who ritually mutilates himself. A hermit hag who finally emerges from her den. The opportunity to escape an unhappy home life and delve into a small town mystery: how could Davis Halden resist? It is 1957 when young Davis sees something he wasn't meant to see. The vision is disturbing. He cannot shake it from his thoughts. As Davis is pulled into a web of long-held secrets, he enlists the help of his older sister to unravel the clues. What they discover will have life-changing consequences for those whom Davis holds dear.

London 1661, the new king is on the throne, but old religious beliefs and Medieval superstition still prevail. Catholics are not tolerated in this new era. Edgar and Emmatha Torbet are papists and fraternal twins, which means their mother was an adulteress. One of them is a legitimate heir, the other is a bastard. Which one of them is it?

Digger Doyle was eight when his father set off on a secret adventure but did not return. Three years later, a page from his father's ancient book is sent to Digger from northern Japan -- a page only he can read. With his wild cousins, he sails to Japan and meets the super smart Yukiko Satori. Together they venture into the shadowy woods around the eerie Mount Osore to search for a ferocious creature called a Kappa and any clues as to the whereabouts of Digger's father. The forest is dying. The river is poison. Animals are fleeing. Something is terribly wrong.