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Sandra Byrd delivers a fresh look at Anne Boleyn through the eyes of her lifelong friend Meg Wyatt. As Anne finds favor with Henry VIII, Meg basks in the glow of Anne's glory. But when Anne falls out of favor, the childhood friends are plunged into a maelstrom of slander and intrigue that tests the limits of their loyalties and puts their lives--and the lives of their loved ones--in grave danger.

Sam Morgan is mourning the loss of his wife Meadowlark and determined to rescue his kidnapped daughter. But his journey is fraught with danger as Mexican authorities, Mojave Indians, and a host of other obstacles stand in his way.

In the eighteenth century, paroled prisoner-of-war Jamie Fraser and his old fried Tobias Quinn must travel from London to Ireland on a mission of intrigue surrounding a packet of documents and an ancient relic.

Set in the 1930s, Doig's novel follows the Duff clan during the construction of the Fort Peck Dam. Hugh Duff is angry that the dam will flood his farm, yet his sons hasten to get jobs working on the project.

Set in the summertime splendor of 1913 England, this seventh tale finds Beatrix eager to marry her fiancé, solicitor William Heelis. But a few obstacles are still blocking the happy couple's path to the altar; like the troubled remodeling of Castle Cottage, Will and Beatrix's future home.

Hannah Sunderland is devastated when her brother is jailed for joining the Colonial cause. Spy Jeremiah Jones sees in Hannah a way to access the prison to obtain valuable information, but Hannah's Quaker beliefs stand in the way. Nevertheless, Hannah and Jeremiah develop a mutual fondness even as they become caught in history's tumultuous churn.

Beautiful and independent, Grace Atwood is escorting a group of brides from Chicago to their prospective husbands in southern Kansas. Fearing the Jim Crow groups who prey on people of color, she decides that traveling by wagon train is safest. But she desperately needs someone experienced to lead them on the long trip. When Grace meets former lawman Jackson Blake, he seems perfect for the job.

When a wealthy man first meets his mail-order bride in 1907, he realizes this statuesque beauty is anything but a "simple missionary's daughter." But he doesn't know of her devious plan to leave Wisconsin as a rich widow. Nor does she know of the furious demons he longs to unleash during the lonely months of snowbound isolation.

In 1861, men are enlisting in the Texas Mounted Rifles to keep the land free from Indian raids. There are larger conflicts, however. Texas has seceded from the union while war brews between the North and the South.

In 1897, in the rural southwestern area of Alabama known as Mitcham Beat, an aspiring politician is mysteriously murdered. Seeking retribution, his outraged friends--mostly poor cotton farmers--form a secret society, Hell-at-the-Breech, to punish the townspeople they believe are responsible. The hooded members of this gang wage a bloody year-long campaign of terror that culminates in a massacre, where the innocent suffer alongside the guilty.