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Born in West Africa in the mid-eighteenth century, Maryam Prescilla Grace, a.k.a "Momma Grace," will live a long, wondrous life marked by hardship, oppression, opportunity, and love.

When a dying stranger carrying great wealth comes to the settlement of Ratharryn, the ensuing rivalry between brothers leads to the creation of the great temple on the green hill, where the gods will appear on earth.

Jack Nevin is an assistant to the Enchantress, a well-known stage magician in turn-of-the-nineteenth-century Europe. But when Jack's thievery catches up to them, they're forced to flee to America. However, they become overshadowed by Laszlo, a magician who defies imagination. Determined to learn Laszlo's tricks, Jack meets his assistant, Wilhelm, a boy who can seemingly perform real magic. As the rivalry between their master's grows, so too does Jack and Wilhelm's affection.

Spring 1662. In the wake of Fouquet's defeat, Henriette of England is keeping her promise to the Sun King and helping him build the enchanted Palace of Versailles. But when her poor health worsens, her magic wanes, and her husband, Philippe, fears for her well-being to such an extent that he forbids her to remain Louis's Source. Forced to step aside, Henriette witnesses the swift rise of a new player at the French court: The handsome and self-assured Chevalier de Lorraine quickly becomes Louis's new Source of magic, and Philippe's latest lover.

Miss Cleopatra Lewis is about to be launched in society by her aristocratic grandfather. But since she has no intention of marrying, she visits a costume emporium specifically to order unflattering dresses guaranteed to put off any prospective suitors. Powerful and charismatic Jacob Astor Addison is in London, acquiring businesses to add to his theatrical holdings in America. He's furious when a she-devil masquerading as an English lady steals Quimby's Costume Emporium from under his nose.

Growing up in a small town, Claire yearns for adventure in the 1960s. She moves to Morocco and is swept up in a world of music, drugs, and communal living, all lead by Talitha Getty, socialite wife of an oil heir.

Archie Goodwin goes undercover on the waterfront. After the gardener gets beaten to a pulp, Nero sends Archie to poke around and he finds himself caught up in something much bigger.

After Elinor Dashwood finds her father dead, and his estate willed to a half-brother who forces the Dashwood women from their home, she makes a discovery that points to foul play, and that the killer might be family.

As the war intensifies, the girls of Flight City pour all their energy into training British pilots in their clandestine flight school. Lives from both sides of the Atlantic will be forever changed by love and loss.

Fall 1942. At Amalgamated Aircraft, a young female worker has met with a suspicious accidental death. Fancy Anders confronts a saboteur, sniffs out an enemy, and prevents an assassination attempt on the President.