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A Woman Fights for Her Legacy as the French Revolution Erupts Headstrong Countess Joliette de Verzat prefers secretly managing her family’s Loire Valley château and vineyards to the cut-throat politics of Versailles. For nearly three centuries, generations of families have toiled to produce Château de Verzat wines, and their homes and livelihoods depend upon Joliette. But ancient laws block her from inheriting property—unless she is widowed. Revolution erupts. Thousands of women march on Versailles. Caught…

Over one hundred years before COVID19, the flu pandemic of 1918 sweeps through Georgetown, South Carolina, claiming the life of young, pregnant Alice Virginia Freeman Pow. Alice's little girls, three-year-old Tante and five-year-old Dixie, board the train for Savannah, Georgia to live with their grandmother, Aunt Sissy, leaving their beloved father alone in Georgetown. When, after seven years, Daddy remarries, Tante and Dixie return to their father and his new wife, losing yet another mother,…

When the most bookish, clumsy geek manages to bag the most handsome, beautiful man on campus - the man that all the other girls would happily have thrown their Kappa Kappa Delta sisters under the bus for - then it can't end well. But Maggie has beaten the odds and is ten years into her marriage with Jack. However, the pages in the book of fairytales are beginning to smolder and burn as she starts…

The solar system is full of mystery. Can one curious feathered friend build a way to explore space? Simon loves gazing up at the night sky. As he stares at the brightly shining moon, the little bird wonders what kind of friends he might make up there… and if they have ice cream. So he comes up with the brilliant idea to construct a mighty homemade spaceship and blast off into the atmosphere. Sharing his…

Literature Awards: Mom’s Choice Awards® Gold Recipient (2022) Family Choice Award™ Gold Medal (2022) Purple Dragonfly Book Award Honorable Mention (2022) Reader's Favorite 5-Star Review (2022) Firebird Book Award First Place (2022) "Rosie the Farm Truck has been named among the best in family-friendly media, products and services." - Mom’s Choice Awards "Scudder awakened my imagination by creating living characters out of everything in the environment." - Readers' Favorite Book Awards Rosie and her friends…

A SERIAL KILLER…STAGING MURDER AS SUICIDE. A DETECTIVE ON A DESPERATE HUNT…BEFORE MORE VICTIMS ARE FOUND. New York Police Department’s Sixteenth Precinct in Manhattan is under siege by the flu, and Detective Nick Larson and his partner, Detective Victor Sacco, are up to their armpits with work overload. The captain’s cigar is seriously chewed, and everyone is working around the clock. To complicate matters, on a personal level, things aren’t going smoothly, either. Laura Howard,…

The Civil War has ended. Confederate cavalryman, David Summers, returns home to Alabama, taking his new wife, Anna, with him. Upon arrival, he understands how much the war has changed him and has scarred his homeland. Faced with challenges of transition, he learns how to navigate his new world, along with the pain and trauma of his past. He is also forced to confront his foes, including Stephen Montgomery. Their hatred for one another inevitably…

A touching picture book about a remarkable bond between a little girl and her magic bicycle, perfect for children ages 4 to 7 and for fans of The Giving Tree. Inspired by the author's own childhood adventures, this heartfelt story will take readers on a whimsical journey through Ellery’s childhood with her magical bicycle in tow. Ellery and her bicycle share many wonderful new experiences together; lonely yet curious Ellery finds adventure, love, and friendship,…

Cinderella -- A Love Story is "a fanciful and absorbing rewrite of the classic faerie tale". It is told here in a fascinating new version, set circa mid-16th century. Younger readers will love the borrowed magic that enables Ella to attend the ball, while older readers -- including adults -- will connect with the inseparable bond between mother and child; a bond that transcends time and space and even death itself. Ella's parents are young…

He struck a devil’s bargain to save his people. Now he must risk more to save his love. In exchange for his people’s safe passage into Tir na nÓg, Kailen pledged his sword to the Titanians to defeat the daemon horde. A thousand years later, the grief of his losses heavy, Kailen has sworn that while his body is open to carnal pleasures, his heart is closed to love. Even when it comes to a…