Nine Open Arms, a vivid historical novel, is compellingly mysterious as well as dramatic, humorous, and entertaining. A ghost story, a fantasy, and a family saga all wrapped into one, the novel begins with the Boon family’s move to an isolated, dilapidated house that seems to have turned its back on the world.
It is 1937, and nine people set out for the middle of nowhere: a house at the end of a long, dusty road. Is it the site of a haunting tragedy, as one daughter believes, or an end to all their worries,
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Greta is a Duchess and Crown Princess—and a
hostage to peace. This is how the game is played: if
you want to rule, you must give one of your children
as a hostage. And you must keep the peace; start a
war and your hostage dies.
Greta will be free if she can survive until her
eighteenth birthday. Until then she is prepared to
die with dignity, if she must. But everything changes
when a new hostage arrives, a boy who refuses to play by the rules,
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In the tradition of Neil Gaiman and Iain Banks,
Simon Sylvester brings an ancient myth to life
with this lush, atmospheric coming-of-age tale.
Nobody comes to the remote Scottish island of
Bancree, and seventeen-year-old Flora can’t wait
to move to the mainland when she finishes school.
So when a mysterious man and his daughter, Ailsa,
move into isolated Dog Cottage, Flora is curious.
What could have brought these strangers to the island?
Meanwhile, several of the men on Bancree have disappeared,
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Some things aren’t meant to be remembered…
They’re calling it the worst pileup in London history. Margaret Holloway is driving home, but her mind is elsewhere—on a troubled student, her daughter’s acting class, the next day’s meeting—when she’s rear-ended and trapped in the wreckage. Just as she begins to panic, a disfigured stranger pulls her from the car seconds before it’s engulfed in flames. Then he simply disappears.
Though she escapes with minor injuries, Margaret feels that something’s wrong. She’s having trouble concentrating. Her emotions are running wild. More than that, flashbacks to the crash are also dredging up lost associations from her childhood,
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Readers of Jan Karon’s Mitford series and Patrick Taylor’s Irish Country series will fall in love with Jeff High’s funny, heartfelt Watervalley series.
The pastoral charm of small-town Watervalley, Tennesse, can be deceptive, as young Dr. Luke Bradford discovers when he’s caught in the fallout of a decades-old conflict…
After a rocky start as Watervalley’s only doctor, Luke Bradford has decided to stay in town, honoring the three-year commitment he made to pay off his medical school debts. But even as his friendships with the quirky townsfolk deepen, and he pursues a romance with lovely schoolteacher Christine Chambers,
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A lonely wedding chapel built as a tribute to lost love just might hold the long-awaited secret to hope and reconciliation.
For sixty years, the wedding chapel has stood silent and empty. Retired football hall-of-famer Jimmy “Coach” Westbrook built the chapel by hand, stone by stone, for his beautiful and beloved Collette Greer, whom he lost so many years ago. The chapel is a sanctuary for his memories, a monument to true love, and a testament to his survival of the deepest pain and loss.
Photographer Taylor Branson left her hometown of Heart’s Bend,
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