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Flying from Fairbainks to Alaska's North Slope, veteran pilot Andee "Emma" MacLeod battles the deadly grip of freezing rain and crash-lands on a desolate mountain. Injured but alive, Emma determines to safeguard and rescue her six passengers. But little does she know that stubborn Scotsman Stirling McRae is an FBI agent with a bitter grudge--or that one of the passengers might be a terrorist.

When undercover Homeland Security agent Will Masterson first meets search-and-rescue specialist Dannett Lundeen, he wishes he had time for romance. But he is racing to find the fleeing girl who holds the key to stopping a terrorist attack. And shadowing Dani, and she and her rescue dog search Minnesota's treacherous North Woods, is Will's best chance. Convinced that foul fiends are also on the hunt, Will struggles to protect Dani and find the fugitive--without blowing his cover.

When Jessilyn's parents begin raising her best friend as their own daughter, this kindness toward a dark-skinned orphan triggers threats and violence. While teetering on the brink of womanhood, Jessilyn must learn to be a shining light in a dark world.

Although Jessilyn and Gemma's friendship has weathered the storms of heartache and prejudice, the turbulent summer of 1936 threatens to shatter the ties that bind. After the hit-and-run death of a little girl, Gemma's explosive revelation could save an innocent man's life--but not without jeopardizing the livelihood of Jessilyn's family.

When a man guns down a pregnant reporter on live TV, her husband sues the manufacturer of the killer's firearm. As opposing lawyers ignite the courtroom with their eloquence and theatrics, a shadowy cabal threatens the advocates and the justice they seek.

In a small town in 1950s South Carolina, Bonnie Wilder's husband finds an abandoned baby by the river. After voicing her concern for local mothers who are unable to raise their children, Bonnie finds more abandoned newborns on her doorstep. Soon she forms a secret network to match the babies with childless families. Thirty years later, one of those babies wants to know about her past.

The Nez Perc�e War of 1877 draws young John Seton, whose upbringing and ancestry cast him as an outsider in sharply contrasting worlds. His quest to find identity and place in the clash of cultures propels him on the historical 1200-mile Nez Perc�e march toward a last refuge in Canada.

The focus is squarely on precocious six-year-old Bertie this time, as the young lad with the overbearing mother learns to speak Italian, play the saxophone, and do yoga.

Isabel Dalhousie's life is thrown for a few loops when her cousin Mimi arrives from Dallas with her husband Joe. Through Mimi and Joe, Isabel meets Texas hotshot Tom Bruce, who is about to marry someone Isabel suspects of gold-digging. Further complicating matters, Tom seems to have an unusual level of interest in Isabel. Meanwhile, Isabel has her own feelings to deal with--not to mention those of her beloved niece, Cat, whose romantic interest may not be up to snuff.

Von Igelfeld is the world's leading scholar on Portuguese irregular verbs, having written a majestic, nearly 1,200-page book on the subject. As one review says, "There is nothing more to be said on this subject. Nothing." But in other matters, von Igelfeld is not nearly so skilled. Whether haplessly playing tennis against an equally dreadful opponent, or committing his friends to swordfighting duels without their knowledge, von Igelfeld is somewhat naive in the ways of the world. Yet that does not stop him from having a go at life, and the results are always humorous.