Amanda Dykes

When all of Venice is unmasked, one man’s identity remains a mystery … 1807 When a baby is discovered floating in a basket along the quiet canals of Venice, a guild of artisans takes him in and raises him as a son, skilled in each of their trades. Although the boy, Sebastien Trovato, has...

Private Matthew Petticrew arrives in France as part of the American Expeditionary Forces, an arrival that a war-weary France desperately hopes will help to end the turmoil. Having faced unthinkable things on the front, he is captivated by the sound of a lullaby, sung by a voice so pure he knows...

Lucy Clairmont's family treasured the magic of the past, and her childhood fascination with stories of the high seas led her to become a marine archaeologist....

In the wake of WWII, a grieving fisherman, Robert Bliss, submits a poem to a local newspaper: a rallying cry for hope, purpose...and rocks. The poem spreads farther than he ever intended. Decades later, Annie Bliss is summoned back to Ansel-by-the-Sea....

Among the towering mountains that stand as silent witnesses, the ghosts of the past entangle with the courage of the present to find a place where healing, friendship, and hope can abide amid a world forever changed.