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A Voice in the Wind transports readers back to Jerusalem during the first Jewish-Roman War. Following the prides and passions of a group of Jews, Romans and Barbarians, the story centers on an ill-fated romance between a steadfast slave girl, Hadassah, and Marcus, the brother of her owner. Is it possible for their love to flourish considering not only their different stations in life, but also Hadassah's unrelenting faith and Marcus's lack of belief?...
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Carolina and James Baldwin's already strained marriage suffers even more when the upper-class couple moves from Baltimore to a small rural town in the Allegheny Mountains where James is to supervise the building of a tunnel for the B&O Railroad amid severe weather and escalating tensions with the Irish railroad workers.
4) Unforgiven
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"Moira Hayes hadn't seen Kenneth Woodfall in nearly eight years. Nor did she want to see this man who stirred such feelings of anger in her. After all, their families had been rivals since their great-grandfathers' day. And he was the reason--though indirectly--for her own brother's death. But Kenneth has returned from war and is home for good. And he isn't willing to forget the past--a time he shared with his first and only love, Miss Moira Hayes....
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As the Civil War rages across the land, courageous young Jesselynn Highwood promises her dying father that she'll take her younger brother and their Thoroughbred horses to Missouri for safekeeping during the war. Dodging both Confederate and Union troops, enduring sickness and hunger, they arrive at their destination only to encounter even greater danger. But Jesselynn will stop at nothing to save her family, the horses, and whatever remains of Twin...
6) Moloka'i
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"Young Rachel Kalama, growing up in idyllic Honolulu in the 1890s, is part of a big, loving Hawaiian family, and dreams of seeing the far-off lands that her father, a merchant seaman, often visits. But at the age of seven, Rachel and her dreams are shattered by the discovery that she has leprosy. Forcibly removed from her family, she is sent to Kalaupapa, the isolated leper colony on the island of Moloka'i. In her exile she finds a family of friends...
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A widow with family far away, 51-year-old Emma fills her loneliness by caring for her boarding house guests and sharing her own special blend of wisdom and humor. One stormy night, a rap at her door interrupts her musings. The 80-year-old Widow Leonard is standing in the rain, seeking refuge from her sons' constant bickering. Housing this feisty runaway granny, however, puts Emma in the crosshairs of a family feud. But this crisis is more easily resolved...
10) Coal black horse
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When Robey Childs's mother has a premonition about her husband, a soldier fighting in the Civil War, she does the unthinkable. She instructs her only child to retrieve his father from the battlefield and bring him home. Just fourteen and ill-prepared for the journey, Robey sets off wearing the coat his mother sewed to ensure his safety: blue on one side, gray on the other. However, it is the gift of an uncommon horse that changes Robey's destiny'...
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A soldier battling profound loss finds a man to trust with her heart in this stirring inspirational romance from the USA Today–bestselling author.
Only faith sustained Lindsey Mandel after the loss of her beloved twin brother. Now a freak accident would test the US Army sergeant's mettle once again. Desperate to save her brother's injured horse, Lindsey placed her trust in handsome veterinarian Brian Cutter.
When Brian saw...
Only faith sustained Lindsey Mandel after the loss of her beloved twin brother. Now a freak accident would test the US Army sergeant's mettle once again. Desperate to save her brother's injured horse, Lindsey placed her trust in handsome veterinarian Brian Cutter.
When Brian saw...
13) Falconer's quest
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At the request of a friend whose son has been captured by slave traders, John Falconer and his son, Matt, sail across the Atlantic to France and on to North Africa seeking the deadly pirate, Ali Saleem.
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The Cherokee Nation is being forced to moved onto reservations within the Oklahoma District. The remaining land is being opened up for homesteading. These are challenging times for the settlers, the Cherokee and Britt Claiborne, United Cherokee Nation Chief of Police and his wife Cherokee Rose.
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Months after leaving her infant son in Olivia Mott's care, Lady Charlotte contemplates returning to Pullman to find out what happened to her baby, while Olivia wonders if her undercover work for the railroad company is improving working conditions, as she had hoped it would.
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"The "orphan train" seemed like small-town spinster Adelaide Crum's last chance to know the simple joys of family life. So many lost children, every one of them dreaming only of a caring home--the home she longed to offer. And yet the narrow-minded town elders refused to entrust even the most desperate child to a woman alone. Newspaperman Charles Graves believed his heart was closed forever, but he swore to stand by this lovely, lonely woman who...
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Essie Spreckelmeyer is the last woman anyone in Corsicana, Texas, expected to see with a man on her arm. Independent and outspoken, she's known more for riding bicycles in outrageous bloomers that for catching a man's eye. And the last man willing to give her a second glance is Tony Morgan, newly hired at Spreckelmeyer's oil company. The disinherited son of an oil baron wants to restore his name and fortune -- not lose his heart to this headstrong...
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Windsor Castle, 1861. For only the second time in over twenty years, Irish barrister Patrick Fitzgerald has been summoned by the Queen. The first time, he'd been a zealous young legal clerk investigating what appeared to be a murderous conspiracy against her. Now he's a distinguished gentleman at the top of his profession. And the Queen is a woman in the grip of fear. Her beloved husband, Prince Albert, lies dying. Yet how Fitzgerald can help is unclear....
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She had made a solemn promise to see her younger sister to safety in California. But the endless journey across the frontier was proving a heartbreaking test of courage and endurance for Faith Beal. All she had to sustain her was her steadfast belief in a loving God -- and the guiding hand of a stranger who truly seemed heaven-sent. Connell McClain was her selfless guardian as their wagon train slowly made its way west, and Faith felt the first tender...
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Much has been written about "the virgin Queen," but little attention has been paid to her tumultuous early life, when her path to the throne and her very survival were at risk. In this gripping, historically authentic novel, bestselling historian Alison Weir paints a vivid portrait of Elizabeth I. From the deaths of her parents, Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII, to the fanaticism of her sister, Mary I, Weir traces one of the most fascinating periods in...