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It's 531 A.D., and Prince Aedan finds himself washed upon the shore of Kell, face-to-face with his rescuer, the infamously sensuous siren Ione. In 1721, the deadly, but gorgeous assassin Leila has little remorse for the rakes on her hit list. Her next victim is Ronan MacMhuirich, Earl of Kell, with a dark magic of seduction all his own. The year is 2004 and Ruri Kell cannot escape the draw of the handsome stranger offering to buy her Scottish island. When she agrees to visit Kell with him, she soon realizes he is after more than her property.

The destinies of the badger lord dubbed Sunflash and his mortal enemy, the ferret warlord Swartt Sixclaw, are entwined with those of many creatures, particularly the inhabitants of Redwall Abbey.

Mara's niece, who is only one-year-younger, moves in bringing conflict between the two teenagers because of their opposite personalities.

The adventures of seven-year-old Rufus Moffat, living with his widowed mother and older siblings including his encounter with an invisible piano player and his attempts at ventroliquism.

Successful Philadelphia lawyer Cam Smith has just married Doug, a fellow attorney and aspiring politician. Life seems perfect. But on her way to a party given in their honor, Cam spots a wild teenager smashing mailboxes. He is the son of a powerful senator who is Doug's supporter.

Baltimore in 1966 is a quiet, blue-collar town. But all that is about to change for one group of young men. Bobby drops out of law school during his final year. Neil heads for the war in Vietnam, but goes AWOL and comes home as an antiwar protester. Ben marries the Cadillac dealer's daughter and half-heartedly begins his new life as son-in-law to the boss. Turko and Eggy discover the decadence of the '60s, but struggle to adapt.

Ben and Ned, a boy and dog gifted with eternal youth and the ability to communicate with one another nonverbally, encounter pirates on the high seas and rescue a kidnapped prince from a band of gypsy thieves.

Old-school lawyer Albert Schmidt has spent years climbing the ladder of success. But now, at what should be the pinnacle of his career, he is widowed, forcibly retired and harbors mixed feelings about his daughter's impending marriage. Suddenly, a seductive young woman asks Smitty what he wants.

The heart-wrenching story of Allison Turk, her nine-year-old stepson, Tyler, and five other American families who have travelled to China to adopt children.

In 1949, jazz pianist Sonny-Rhett Payne leaves New York for Paris, where he will be free from racism and his family's disapproval of his music. Three decades later, Sonny's grandson comes to New York for a memorial concert. On the Harlem street where his grandfather grew up, the eight-year-old begins to understand the forces that drove Sonny into exile.