During the 1920s, plainspoken farm girl Julie Jones is not prepared for the Jazz Age that sweeps flapper Birdie Stuart and war veteran Evan Johnson into her small Missouri hometown. Evan soon begins to court Julie, but a wave of crime threatens their relationship--and secrets festering beneath the surface of a wholesome town are ready to explode. ...

DOROTHY GARLOCK...is a New York Times extended list bestselling author, "a gifted writer" (Chicago Sun-Times) who celebrates the indomitable American spirit and the triumphs of the caring heart. Now she vividly portrays the era after World War II, when men and women torn apart by years of combat had to rebuild marriages and lives...<P>Rawlings, Oklahoma, 1945. Johnny Henry is coming home from the Pacific, and his estranged wife, Kathleen, ...

A secret research project, a mystic species of seals, Scottish legends, and the unresolved death of her mother draw Kelsey MacKenzie deeper into danger as she experiences an overpowering attraction to Cade Douglas. And, as Cade falls further under her spell, he jeopardizes his family's existence to be with the daughter of their sworn enemy. ...

Ten years after her brilliantly received second novel, "Recent History", Annette Williams Jaffee returns with a sharp and sensuous look at the tensions between the "perfect" marriage and the longings of the heart. ...

Drifting through his early twenties, Joe Lloyd is barely holding down his job as a barman, struggling to find the energy to get out of bed in the mornings. London depresses him, with its hordes of Polo-shirted casuals and vacuous club-kids, its broken promises of excitement and glamour. But Joe keeps himself open to experience, willing the city to impress him. Whether he is stealing a chair from a brothel, losing control in a fairground ...

Every year on the night of New Bethany's Gala Ball, an eccentric recluse appears on her porch in a tattered ballgown. Four friends decide to reach out to her--and discover they need her as much as she needs them. ...

Adelaide Amanda Pinkney was glad to bid Chicago farewell. After the bustle and crowds of the growing city, the news that her aunt and uncle had left her their California farm was like a dream come true. ...

Susanna Galway purchased her isolated cabin in the Adirondacks to get away to clear her head. With her marriage to Texas Ranger Jack Galway on the rocks, it seemed an idyllic place to hide. But Susanna is unaware that she and her daughters are in danger or that they are being followed--by her husband and a murderer whose vengeful intent is to destroy the Ranger's life. ...

Jack Wilder is transported by the Northern Lights to Lake Aurora and the site of a tragedy he yearns to forget. When Valerie Scott rescues him from the beach, she takes his breath away, but reminds him of another woman and another era. He longs to confide his secrets, to garner her faith, to win her heart--and vows to protect her at all costs. ...

When Honor Duvall, a vision in yellow muslin, steps outside the Bastrop Hotel to conduct the raffle drawing that has all of Texas talking, Captain Luke Prescott--a renowned ex-Texas Ranger and a bona fide hero--finds his professional suspicions aroused, among other things. Reissue. ...