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In the frontier town of Gold Sky, Montana, Delilah Wickes-Barnes is determined to stay single. Her resolve is tested however by the arrival of handsome bachelor Elliot Meyers, who has come to Gold Sky to seek his fortune - and his future. Increasingly finding themselves thrown together (thanks in part to Delilah’s scheming mother) the pair get off to a fiery start. Despite their explosive arguments, the pair are drawn increasingly together - can romance blossom in spite of their fights?

Art thief and smuggler Cantor Gold's latest underworld caper begins when she arrives at big-time bookie Nick Fortunato's apartment to celebrate his birthday, a ritual the two friends have enjoyed for years. But Nick is missing, and there's blood on the living room carpet. It's not Nick's blood, though. Nick's death still awaits him. Despite crime lord Sig Loreale's best plans to protect Nick, with whom Sig has financial dealings, a killer finds Nick hidden away in a cheap hotel owned by Loreale.

In the summer of 1897, Fiona MacGillivray and her 11-year-old son, Angus, arrive in Vancouver in time to hear the news gold discovered in the Klondike! Fiona immediately sets off for Skagway, Alaska, intent on opening a theatre. After one encounter with infamous gangster Soapy Smith and his henchman Paul Sheridan, she decides to pursue her ambitions on the other side of the border in Dawson City. As a dying man breathes his last, he passes on to Sheridan a map pointing due north to the fabled Gold Mountain, where hills of gold keep the heat from hot springs contained in a valley as warm as California.

From the author of The Last Testament comes the true love of Bonnie Prince Charlie, her adventures in America, and her lasting legacy. In the popular genre trail-blazed by Antonia Fraser and Phillippa Gregory, The Pretender's Lady, Alan Gold's meticulously researched novel, accurately opens history's pages on a peerless woman who helped change the course of history and whose legend lives on in Scotland today - Flora MacDonald.

Gage Edmonds plans to use his engineering degree to blaze new roads in the Southern frontier—but first, he must follow in the footsteps of his war hero father and prove he's worthy of their family name. His assignment to the Georgia Mounted Militia puts him between gold-hungry settlers and Cherokees soon to be forced from their homes. The local miller's captivating daughter, Anna Walker, makes him question everything he thought he wanted.

In 1864, headstrong Pinkerton man Zachary Beddoes is tired of guarding hotels and railway stations, so he decides to quit his life of private law-enforcement and head west for gold. In San Francisco, Zachary hears that the best goldfields are north in the Devils own region: British Columbia. Undeterred by warnings of how rough and unforgiving the Barkerville goldfields can be, Zachary goes in search of his fortune. Not even a few weeks into his bold trek for riches, Zachary is forced to kill a man in self-defence, and perhaps unwisely, takes the dead man's cache of stolen gold.

""No series since George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire has quite captured both palace intrigue and the way that tribal infighting and war hurt the vulnerable the most."" —Paste Magazine
 The final chapter in the bestselling, critically acclaimed Daevabad Trilogy, in which a...

Germany, 1945. The bloodiest war in history is at an end. Now the retribution and search for justice begin. In a series of Nuremberg trials, war criminals are hanged or commit suicide. Others are judged and sent to prison for their parts in the most heinous crimes of all time. But in the final trial, one in which ordinary Germans are forced to confront their complicity, a leading American defense counselor has to consider questions of good and evil when he defends a simple mechanic, a man who kept the gas chambers in working order.

This book, set in October of 1930 as the Great Depression deepens, spotlights three runaway kids, one of them only ten years old. Lisenka and her family reach out to these young hobos who resist help and run again. A stray golden retriever lopes into the book, pulling the characters together but also adding conflict. Even when life feels desperate, Lisenka, her family, and friends learn that God does have a good plan for their lives.

✨🗡️A STOLEN RELIC. A MISSING GIRL. A HORROR UNLEASHED.🗡️✨ 💫'History and enchantment woven in a seamless, intricate tapestry' Sarah Rees Brennan 💫 💫 'Intricately plotted and vividly imagined' M.A. Kuzniar 💫 Lyta is trying her best. She's determined to stay out of trouble...

Rose Gold is two colors, one woman, and a big headache. In this new mystery set in the Patty Hearst era of radical black nationalism and political abductions, a black ex-boxer self-named Uhuru Nolica, the leader of a revolutionary cell called Scorched Earth, has kidnapped Rosemary Goldsmith, the...

As the 1960s draw to a close, the rural northeast Texas community of Center Springs is visited by two nondescript government men in dark suits and shades. They say their assignment is to test weather currents and patterns, but that's a lie. Their delivery of a mysterious microscopic payload called Gold Dust from a hired crop duster coincides with fourteen-year-old Pepper Parker's discovery of an ancient gold coin in her dad's possession. Her adolescent trick played on a greedy adult results in the only gold rush in north Texas history.

China, 1925: Als die 15-jährige Anyu Zhang ein unbezahlbares Fabergé-Ei im Schnee findet, zögert sie nicht lange, es seinem rechtmäßigen Besitzer zurückzugeben. Isaak Mandelburg war einst Meisterjuwelier des russischen Zaren und ist nun auf der Flucht. Aus Dankbarkeit gibt er Anyu seine Adresse und ein Versprechen: In Schanghai wird sie ihm immer willkommen sein, ganz gleich, was geschieht. Jahre später, nachdem Anyu zur Waise wurde, sucht sie den Juwelier tatsächlich auf und taucht unmittelbar in eine Welt voller Geheimnisse, Glanz und Gier ein.

"Flush of Gold" is a short story by Jack London, set during the Klondike Gold Rush. It follows the journey of Lon McFane, a grumpy musher, as he travels with his companion, who tells him the story of a woman they encounter. The narrative is a blend of personal and historical elements, showcasing London's storytelling prowess and his ability to weave complex narratives.

Jack Neuman came to Wyoming as a fifteen-year-old orphan. He lodged with Crazy Horse and his Lakota tribe. He later scouted for the U.S. Army. Lonesome for company, Jack brought out his childhood sweetheart from Minnesota, Heather, and married her, but his devotion was on destroying the bad guys, not his marriage, and his beautiful young wife broke his heart.

From the mid-1650s through the 1660s, Henry Morgan, a pirate and outlaw of legendary viciousness, ruled the Spanish Main. He ravaged the coasts of Cuba and America, striking terror wherever he went. Morgan was obsessive. He had two driving ambitions: to possess the beautiful woman called La...

Berlin, 1932. Hulda Gold ist als Hebamme im berüchtigten Frauengefängnis Barnimstraße in der Nähe des Alexanderplatzes tätig. Als innerhalb der Gefängnismauern die junge Insassin Martha völlig unerwartet stirbt, kann Hulda nicht untätig bleiben. Hulda und die Kommissarin Irma Siegel müssen endlich zusammenarbeiten, um gemeinsam gegen das Unrecht zu kämpfen – in einem gesellschaftlich zunehmend radikalen Umfeld.

Perfect for fans of Patrick O'Brian, Bernard Cornwell, and swashbuckling adventure during the great Age of Sail. Thiswill be the twenty-first novel in Julian Stockwin's acclaimed Thomas Kydd series. 1809. After his heroic actions during the retreat to Corunna, Captain Sir Thomas Kydd is the...

After discovering six gold Roman coins buried in the mud of the Devil’s Dyke, Barnabas Sackett enthusiastically invests in goods that he will offer for trade in America. But Sackett has a powerful enemy: Rupert Genester, nephew of an earl, wants him dead. A battlefield promise made to...

Eine junge Frau, gekleidet wie ein Dienstmädchen aus dem Jahr 1900, sorgt für Aufregung bei Nele und ihren Freundinnen. Eine schicksalhafte Fügung bringt ihre Begabung für die Malerei ans Licht, die von ihrer Herrschaft gefördert wird. Als Johanna ungewollt schwanger wird, trifft sie eine schwerwiegende Entscheidung. Ein außergewöhnliches Frauenschicksal im wilhelminischen Zeitalter wird offenbar.