Lindsey Sims is staying with her older sister's best friend, Rachel, while her parents are away on a trip to the Bahamas. Rachel Evans has received a mysterious letter from a man she's never met, but who is - in a way - part of her family. Lindsey accompanies Rachel as she reluctantly answers the summons, and is caught in a grown-up world of greed, jealousy, and attempted murder. It's more than she bargained for, but Lindsey is up to the challenge...and to discovering who is responsible for all the mischief.

High-spirited Genny Romayne is determined not to marry the man her father has chosen for her. Her daring pursuit of independence leads her to a man she will come to love and hate, and sets them both on a quest for truth that may cost them their lives...
Ethan Carey knows there is more to Genny than the stubborn, selfish young woman she appears to be. He has just begun to earn her trust when catastrophe strikes, but he must first conquer his own demons before he can begin to put right all that has happened between himself and Genny.
This novel journeys through one of the most perilous times in the post-Civil War South, and tells of a love between two people that - try as they might - neither can resist.

Southern bride Catherine Kelly is plunged into a world of danger and deceit in this riveting tale set during the Civil War. Husband Andrew is finally returning home after being wounded in a battle between North and South. Having married him on impulse the day before he left for war, she realizes she barely knows him. When Andrew descends from the train completely enshrouded in black and accompanied by a mysterious woman claiming to be his nurse, Catherine feels more estranged from him than ever.
As she struggles with her feelings, she finds herself gradually drawn to a dark-haired stranger, a dashing newspaper correspondent who makes no secret of his attraction to her. In the midst of her turmoil, someone close draws her into a dangerous mission of espionage. Guilt, suspicion, and the discovery of a double treachery embroil Catherine in a situation that leads ultimately to murder, and causes her to fear for her own life - and her soul.

Alysia of Athens, pampered daughter of a wealthy physician, is taken from her home and sold into slavery when her father is accused of treason during the turbulent reign of Tiberius Caesar. She is purchased by Paulus Maximus, a powerful Roman legate who pierces through her determination to hate her captors. When trouble caused by his jealous stepbrother forces her to run away, she finds herself in the battle-torn land of Palestine, where she meets a man named Jesus who will change her life forever...But in her flight from the intrigues of Rome to the palaces of Jerusalem, Alysia discovers she cannot escape her enemies, neither the one who stole her heart, nor the one who wants to destroy her.