"In this Civil War love story, inspired by a real-life friendship across enemy lines, the wife of a missing Confederate soldier discovers a wounded Yankee officer and must decide what she's willing to risk for the life of a stranger, from the New York Times bestselling author of such acclaimed historical fiction as Hour of the Witch and The Sandcastle Girls. Virginia, 1864-Libby Steadman's husband has been away for so long that she can barely conjure...

"The Caribbean island of Puerto Rico is a territory of the United States, but it has a culture that's all its own. Readers are introduced to the many aspects of this unique culture through detailed text that highlights the island's arts, language, traditions, leisure activities, festivals, and foods. In addition, they are shown how social studies concepts, such as history, economics, and government, play a part in the development of culture. This...

A highly decorated ex-soldier, Lee Gunner, tries to save his sons Luke and Travis who were kidnapped by a dangerous drug gang in the Appalachian Mountains.

"England, 1936. The reign of Edward VIII has begun, but danger for the monarchy already looms on the horizon. At home in Morland Place, Polly Morland feels alone and abandoned, with her brother summoned to France by his old employer. James soon finds himself travelling to Russia, whereas Polly will voyage on the Queen Mary with New York - and a long-lost love - her destination. Soon the family are scattered to the four winds, from Hollywood to war-torn...

"On a deep undercover assignment in Taipei, DEA agent John Lawlor was doing eveything right... until he fell in love with his informant, beautiful Josephine 'Joey' Kwang, one of the Asian underworld's best transport drivers. Compromised and cover blown, John was forced to flee. Now years later, John is back in Taipei for the weekend. But is he here to finish the job? Or to win back Joey's love?"--Container.

"Sam Carlson is a projectionist in small-town Minnesota, where fantasies unspool in glorious black and white--for him and for his sweetheart, college-bound math whiz Sarah Haber. When the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, Sam is sent to the Philippines and captured as a POW. Brutalized but unbroken by the Bataan Death March and POW camps, Sam is one of eighteen hundred starved and weakened prisoners herded into the cargo hold of a barbaric hell ship called...