The son of a prominent mobster needs to kill the woman whose testimony can put his father in prison, but he can't bring himself to do it. Rather than end her life, he decides that he will make it his duty to protect her. It isn’t long before he finds his mind and his heart more and more devoted to her.
Inspector Sejer is called to the hospital to try to figure out who was responsible for carrying out a sinister prank on a young couple. Later that night, he hears a knock at the door and receives a note that has him worried about what is to come. The postcard in question bears a short message: Hell begins now.
Allison is already taking care of five former prostitutes, trying to adopt an orphan, and helping a woman who's been raped. Along the way, she experiences unexpected dismounts, as every Harley owner who risks the ride eventually does. As she picks herself up again and again, Allison realizes that some are guilty of terrible wrongs --- but everyone must be responsible for righting them.
Forty-something Allison Chamberlain has a divine nudge to buy a Harley motorcycle and go wherever it takes her. Soon she finds herself in the darkest corners of society, bringing home drug-addicted prostitutes and pointing out the narrow fears of her church group. Along the way, she learns the heartache of the very poor --- and how healing can come through the voice of God and those who follow it.
In this final book of the Riverhaven Years trilogy, young Gideon Kanagy faces a challenge and an unexpected romance. Meanwhile, Gideon’s sister, Rachel, and the "outsider" Jeremiah Gant add to the drama with their own dilemma and its repercussions for the entire Riverhaven community.
As Ridley Cooper seeks to make peace within himself for “betraying” the South he loved, Olivia Aberdeen is determined to never be betrayed again. Set at Nashville’s historic Belle Meade Plantation, TO WHISPER HER NAME follows the journey of two wounded people and one fragile nation longing to find healing.
In THE MEMORY JAR, part of the Seven Brides for Seven Bachelors series, we visit a small Amish community in West Kootenai, Montana, where for the past 10 years, Sarah Shelter has been passed over by the young Amish men who arrive there each year. A tragedy has closed her heart --- until she meets Jathan Schrock.
Sergeant Lance Corporal Bekah Shaw joined the United States Marine reserves to help support herself and her son when her ex-husband decided they were no longer his responsibility. Meanwhile, Rageh Daud has lost everything. Determined to seek revenge on the terrorists who killed his wife and son, he teams up with a group of thieves, killers and others displaced by war. To defeat the terrorists and bring peace to Somalia, Bekah and her team must convince Daud that they are on the same side.
When Marshall Becker arrives in Lamorlaye, France, to begin the massive renovation of a Renaissance-era castle, he unearths a dark World War II history few in the village remember. The project that was meant to provide an escape for Becker instead becomes a gripping glimpse into the human drama that unfolded during the Nazi occupation and seems to live on in midnight disturbances and bizarre acts of vandalism.
Annalise Decker is the perfect wife and mother --- except she has a secret. She was once a troubled young woman named Deidre O’Reilly whose testimony put a dangerous man behind bars. Since then, she joined the Witness Protection Program, settled in the little town of Deep Haven, and started a new life. But when the criminal gets paroled, she must decide if she has to run again or if she can trust those who love her to keep her secret.
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June's Books on Screen roundup includes the series premieres of Prime Video's "We Were Liars" and Netflix's "The Survivors"; the season premieres of "Grantchester" on PBS "Masterpiece" and "The Buccaneers" on Apple TV+; the season finale of "The Walking Dead: Dead City" on AMC; the continuation of Hulu's "Nine Perfect Strangers" and Max's "And Just Like That..."; the films The Life of Chuck and How to Train Your Dragon in theaters and Pie to Die For: A Hannah Swensen Mystery on Hallmark Mystery; and the DVD/Blu-ray releases of Snow White, The Friend, The Monkey, In the Lost Lands and A Working Man.