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Kit Webb has left his thieving days behind him, but when a handsome yet arrogant aristocrat storms into his shop needing his help, Kit realizes he may be unable to deny whatever this man desires.

High on a cliff in Hawaii in 1807, Hiapo Opukahaia, an irrepressibly curious native boy, dives into the sea and swims to an American merchant ship anchored offshore, embarking on an extraordinary adventure that will change history.

Henry "Hal" Courtney, son of pirate and merchant Sir Frances Courtney, was raised at sea. When Sir Francis was executed during the war between the English and the Dutch empires, his heartbroken son dedicated his life to avenging his father's name. Now, twenty years later, it is 1784 and Hal has become the captain of his own ship, the Golden Bough. But though the war is over, the final battle has not been won. Soon, Hal will learn that the more a man achieves, the more he has to lose.

In 1835, London is awash with new ingredients, but no one knows how to use them. Eliza Acton hires young Ann Kirby to help her write a cookbook. They break class boundaries while creating new ways of writing recipes.

On a sweltering day in August 1942, Frankie Washburn returns to his family's rustic Minnesota resort for one last visit before he joins the war as a bombardier. But before the homecoming can be celebrated, the search for an escaped German soldier explodes in a shocking act of violence.

In 1927, seventeen-year-old Elsie and three other teenage girls compete for the heart of a boy who will be president. But Elsie starts to wonder what would happen if the name on that future ballot was hers.

As the daughter of immigrants who came to America for a better life, Annie Inoue was raised to dream big. And at the start of seventh grade, she's channeling that hope into becoming the lead in her school play.

Though her name is synonymous with elegance and chic, the iconic Coco Chanel had a complicated dark side, and in late August 1944, she was arrested and interrogated on charges of treason to France.

It's 1959 and a new killer dubbed The Florist haunts the streets of London. The police have turned yet again to the Inquirers at Miss Brickett's for assistance, and second year Marion Lane is assigned the case.

Hannah Elias is one of the richest black women in America in the early 1900's, but an unsolved murder reveals her real identity and thousands accuse her of stealing her fortune from whites.