A family struggles with its secrets and betrayals when David Treasure discovers that a long ago affair resulted in the birth of an unknown illegitimate daughter who is now deathly ill and needs a bone marrow transplant from his legitimate son.

Erika and Steven, committed Christians, feel hopeless when their marriage begins to fall apart after the daughter Erika secretly bore at the age of seventeen and gave up for adoption contacts her seeking a relationship.

Beneath the quiet surface of life in Old Kane, Illinois, love, cruelty, murder, and friendship drive the destinies of Worthy and Willa Giberson and their boy Cappy in this novel spanning 1925 to 1950.

"Hard-pressed by enemies all around her, Lorraine defends her right to sit on the Aulunian throne by enlisting her most valuable weapon, Belinda, the daughter she has never acknowledged and who has been trained since childhood as an assassin, but as Belinda infiltrates the inner circles of her mother's enemies, she discovers her own secret magical powers. "--

"When King Kadir Al Marara finds out he has a four-year-old son, nothing can keep him away! He immediately boards his private jet for a surprise reunion with the boy's unsuspecting mother, Caitlin. Shocked, Caitlin realizes she'd misjudged Kadir. Now he's offering to transform her ordinary life to one of opulence...as his queen! As Caitlin struggles to resist the scorching chemistry still raging between them, the world awaits an extraordinary royal...

The perfect Cinderella... For his ruse of a romance! Achileas Kane sees himself as living proof that wedding vows are meaningless. But this illegitimate son can only gain his inheritance if he weds. His proposal to hotel chambermaid Effie Price is simply a contract -- a contract sealed with a single sizzling kiss! Stepping in as Achileas's fiancée may be virgin Effie's last chance to launch her perfume company. Playing her role is all too easy when...

A young Cuban woman is searching in vain for details of her birth mother. All she knows of her past is that her grandfather fled the turbulent Havana of the 1960s for Miami with her, and pinned to her sweater -- possibly by her mother -- were a few lines of a Pablo Neruda poem. These facts remain her only links to her history, until a mysterious parcel arrives in the mail. Inside the box are layers of writings and photographs. Fitting these pieces...