Dropped from a wagon train for not pulling their load, Clara Fields is desperate to provide for her newly-widowed aunt. Dry-goods store owner Josiah Reed makes Clara a heaven-sent bargain: he'll sign over his two-story house if she can marry his son off to a local girl in the next month. Dr. Saul Reed is watching his father's store while Josiah is away, thinking the slow pace will be a welcome respite. Then he finds pretty Clara installed in his father's...

Much has been written about "the virgin Queen," but little attention has been paid to her tumultuous early life, when her path to the throne and her very survival were at risk. In this gripping, historically authentic novel, bestselling historian Alison Weir paints a vivid portrait of Elizabeth I. From the deaths of her parents, Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII, to the fanaticism of her sister, Mary I, Weir traces one of the most fascinating periods in...

Upon learning that she has been falsely accused of plagiarism, the normally mild-mannered Charlotte Brontë sets off for London to clear her name. But when she unintentionally witnesses a murder, Charlotte finds herself embroiled in a dangerous chain of events that forces her to confront demons from her past.--From publisher description.