Michael R Phillips

A young black man in the South shortly after the War Between the States, Jake strikes out on his own, hoping to outrun his master and the consequences of an angry deed. --- {Excerpt from back cover.}

Fire. It had ripped Seffie from her family and stolen her dearest friend. Will she allow it to destroy her one chance at happiness? Growing up a slave, Seffie served as companion to a sickly white girl and learned to read and write and even speak French. But her life of relative comfort soon comes to an end. When loss and tragedy drive the joy from her life, Seffie quickly learns to guard her heart and hide her past. Secretly, Seffie nurtures a new...

"At the beginning of this second installment of Michael Phillips best-selling Secret of the Rose series, Baron von Dortmann is being held captive in a Russian prison. And Sabina von Dortmann is in Berlin, desperately searching for her father. Living a dangerous double life on both sides of the Berlin Wall, Sabina enlists the help of the Jewish Underground and is unexpectedly reunited with her lost love, Matthew McCallum. Matthew and Sabina join forces...

"With weary hearts, Vicar Edward Drummond and his wife watch as their son, Percival, is dragged home by a Glasgow bobby. It isn't the first time young Percy has had a run-in with the law, but at last the vicar knows he can no longer stand idly by-- For what promises to be a long summer, Percy finds himself banished to his uncle's Welsh estate. Despite having his parents' prayers behind him, Percy has no intention of letting the country atmosphere...